Job 7:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 7:1

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Job: My Suffering Is Comfortless

1 “Is there not ^aa time of hard service for man on earth?
Are not his days also like the days of a hired man?

2 Like a servant who¹ earnestly desires the shade,
And like a hired man who eagerly looks for his wages,

3 So I have been allotted ^amonths of futility,
And wearisome nights have been appointed to me.

4 ^aWhen I lie down, I say, ‘When shall I arise,
And the night be ended?’
For I have had my fill of tossing till dawn.

5 My flesh is ^acaked with worms and dust,
My skin is cracked and breaks out afresh.

6 “My^a days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
And are spent without hope.

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American Standard Version
Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?

Amplified® Bible
IS THERE not an [appointed] warfare {and} hard labor to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?

Contemporary English Version
Why is life so hard? Why do we suffer?

Darby English Version
Hath not man a life of labour upon earth? and are not his days like the days of a hireling?

Good News Bible
Human life is like forced army service, like a life of hard manual labor,

King James Version
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?

New American Standard Bible
"Is not man forced to labor on earth, And {are not} his days like the days of a hired man?

New International Version
"Does not man have hard service on earth?
Are not his days like those of a hired man?

New King James Version
“Is there not a time of hard service for man on earth?
Are not his days also like the days of a hired man?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
" Has not man become forced to labor on earth, And do not his days seem like the days of a hired man?

Revised Standard Version
"Has not man a hard service upon earth, and are not his days like the days of a hireling?

Young's Literal Translation
Is there not a warfare to man on earth? And as the days of an hireling his days?

New English Translation
“Does not humanity have hard service¹ on earth? Are not their days also like the days of a hired man?²

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Job: My Suffering Is Comfortless

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