OET interlinear JOB 7:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

כְּ⁠עֶ֥בֶד יִשְׁאַף־צֵ֑ל וּ֝⁠כְ⁠שָׂכִ֗יר יְקַוֶּ֥ה פָעֳלֽ⁠וֹ

(Some words not found in UHB: like,a_slave longs_for shadow and,like,a_hired_laborer waits_for wage[s]_of,his )

The point of this comparison, as Job makes clear in the next verse, is that just as a slave and a hireling have to endure long periods of wishing for relief, so Job has gone a long time without relief. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [As a slave wishes all through a long, hot day that evening would come, and as a hireling must wait until the end of the day to be paid]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

צֵ֑ל

shadow

Job is using the term shade to mean by association the evening, when the sun becomes low in the sky and shadows cover the earth. Specifically, he means the end of the work day. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the evening] or [the end of the work day]