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Hireling
A labourer employed on hire for a limited time (Job 7:1; 14:6; Mark 1:20). His wages were paid as soon as his work was over (Lev. 19:13). In the time of our Lord a day’s wage was a “penny” (q.v.) i.e., a Roman denarius (Matt. 20:1-14).
In the Bible
8
Verses where Hireling is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- Isaiah 16:14
And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.”
- Isaiah 21:16
For this is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a hired worker would count it, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.
- Job 7:1
“Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?
- Job 7:2
Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.
- Job 14:6
look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.
- John 10:12
The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock.
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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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