Job 7:1
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“Is there not an appointed time for man upon earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hireling?
Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?
“Is not man forced to labor on earth? And are not his days like the days of a hired man?
Is there not an [appointed] warfare and hard labor to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
Isn’t each person consigned to forced labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired worker?
Isn’t slavery everyone’s condition on earth, our days like those of a hired worker?
“Human life on earth is like serving in the army; yes, we drudge through our days like a hired worker,
Why is life so hard? Why do we suffer?
Hath not man a life of labour upon earth? and are not his days like the days of a hireling?
The life of man upon earth is a warfare, and his days are like the days of a hireling.
“People have a hard struggle on earth. Their life is like that of a hired worker.
People have to work very hard on this earth. They have to work every day, like servants.
Isn’t man’s time on earth like being compelled to serve in the army? Aren’t his days like those of a hired man?
“Has not man a hard service on earth, and are not his days like the days of a hired hand?
“Has not man a hard service on earth, and are not his days like the days of a hired hand?
“·People have [L Do not people have…?] a hard ·task [service] on earth, and their days are like those of a [L hired] laborer [C hard work with little profit].
1 Job showeth the shortness and misery of man’s life. Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? and are not his days as the days of an hireling?
“Isn’t a mortal’s stay on earth difficult like a hired hand’s daily ⌞work⌟?
Human life is like forced army service, like a life of hard manual labor,
Isn’t mankind consigned to forced labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?
“Man has a hard task on earth. His days are like those of a hired man.
“Men have harsh servitude on earth, do they not? His days are like those of a hired laborer, are they not?
¶ Man certainly has an appointed amount of time upon earth, and his days are like the days of a hireling.
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
“Is not man conscripted to labor on earth, And are not his days like the days of a hired man?
“Does not a human being have hard service on earth? And are not his days like the days of a laborer?
“How mankind must struggle. A man’s life is long and hard, like that of a slave.
“Human life is a struggle, isn’t it? It’s a life sentence to hard labor. Like field hands longing for quitting time and working stiffs with nothing to hope for but payday, I’m given a life that meanders and goes nowhere— months of aimlessness, nights of misery! I go to bed and think, ‘How long till I can get up?’ I toss and turn as the night drags on—and I’m fed up! I’m covered with maggots and scabs. My skin gets scaly and hard, then oozes with pus. My days come and go swifter than the click of knitting needles, and then the yarn runs out—an unfinished life!
“Is there not a time of hard service for a man upon earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hired worker?
“Isn’t a mortal’s stay on earth difficult like a hired hand’s daily work?
Is not life on earth a drudgery, its days like those of a hireling?
“Is a person not forced to labor on earth, And are his days not like the days of a hired worker?
“Is not man forced to labor on earth, And are not his days like the days of a hired man?
“Is not man’s life on earth an exhausting one, and are not his days like those of a hired laborer?
“People have a hard task on earth, and their days are like those of a laborer.
“Does not humanity have hard service on earth? Are not their days also like the days of a hired man?
Job continued, “Don’t all human beings have to work hard on this earth? Aren’t their days like the days of hired workers?
“Do not mortals have hard service on earth? Are not their days like those of hired laborers?
‘Do not mortals have hard service on earth? Are not their days like those of hired labourers?
Is there not a time of hard service for man on earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hired man?
“Is not man made to work on earth? Are not his days like the days of a man paid to work?
“Is not all human life a struggle? Our lives are like that of a hired hand,
‘Do not human beings have a hard service on earth, and are not their days like the days of a labourer?
‘Do not human beings have a hard service on earth, and are not their days like the days of a labourer?
“Do not human beings have a hard service on earth, and are not their days like the days of a laborer?
“Do not human beings have a hard service on earth, and are not their days like the days of a laborer?
Is there not a tzava (forced hard service in the army) to enosh (man) upon earth? Are not his days also like the yamim of a sachir (hired laborer)?
“Has not man a hard service upon earth, and are not his days like the days of a hireling?
“Has not man a hard service upon earth, and are not his days like the days of a hireling?
“Does not man have hard labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired laborer?
Job: Don’t we humans struggle long and hard in our time on earth? Don’t we live our lives as common laborers?
“Isn’t a man forced to labor on earth? Aren’t his days like the days of a hired hand?
Knighthood, that is, continual travail, and fighting against vices, is the life of a man upon (the) earth, and his days be as the days of an hired man.
Is there not a warfare to man on earth? And as the days of an hireling his days?
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