Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Is not man forced to labor on earth,
And are not his days like the days of a hired man?

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Isn’t mankind consigned to forced labor on earth?
Are not his days like those of a hired hand?

International Standard Version

"Men have harsh servitude on earth, do they not? His days are like those of a hired laborer, are they not?

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

“Is not man forced to labor on earth?
And are not his days like the days of a hired man?

Bible in Basic English

Has not man his ordered time of trouble on the earth? and are not his days like the days of a servant working for payment?

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

Is there not warfare to man upon the earth, and his days as the days of a hireling?

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

"Does not {a human being have hard service} on earth? And [are not] his days like the days of a laborer?

Modern King James verseion

Is there not a warfare to man on earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hireling?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Is not the life of man upon earth a very battle? Are not his days like the days of a hired servant?

NET Bible

"Does not humanity have hard service on earth? Are not their days also like the days of a hired man?

New Heart English Bible

"Isn't a man forced to labor on earth? Aren't his days like the days of a hired hand?

The Emphasized Bible

Is there not a warfare to a mortal, upon earth? And, as the days of a hireling, are not his days?

Webster

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

World English Bible

"Isn't a man forced to labor on earth? Aren't his days like the days of a hired hand?

Youngs Literal Translation

Is there not a warfare to man on earth? And as the days of an hireling his days?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Is there not an appointed time
צבאה צבא 
Tsaba' 
Usage: 483

to man
אנושׁ 
'enowsh 
Usage: 42

ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

are not his days
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

also like the days
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

References

Watsons

Context Readings

Job's Second Speech: A Response To Eliphaz

1 Is not man forced to labor on earth,
And are not his days like the days of a hired man?
2 It is like a worker who longs for the day to end, like a servant waiting to be paid.

Cross References

Job 14:5-6

Man's days are determined. You have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed.

Psalm 39:4

Jehovah, please make me to know my end. What is the extent of my days? Let me know how temporary (frail) (destitute) I am.

Leviticus 25:50

Then he and his buyer must take into account the number of years from the year he was bought until the year of jubilee. His sale price will be adjusted based on the number of years he was with his buyer. This is like the wages of a hired worker.

Deuteronomy 15:18

It should not seem hard to you when you set him free. After all he has given you six years with double the service of a hired man. Jehovah your God will bless you in whatever you do.

Job 5:7

A person is born for trouble as surely as sparks fly up from a fire.

Job 14:13-14

If only you would hide me in the grave (Sheol) and conceal me till your anger has passed! If only you would set a time for me and then remember me!

Ecclesiastes 8:8

No man has the power to restrain the wind, to retain the breath of life. Neither does he have power in the day of death. There is no discharge from that war. Neither will wickedness deliver those who are given to it.

Isaiah 21:16

This is what Jehovah says to me: Within one year, as a servant bound by contract would count it, all the pomp of Kedar will come to an end.

Isaiah 38:5

to go back to Hezekiah and say to him: I Jehovah, the God of your ancestor David, have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will add fifteen more years to your life.

Isaiah 40:2

Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed. Her sin has been paid for and she has received double for all her sins from Jehovah's hand.

Matthew 20:1-15

The kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house, who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

John 11:9-10

Jesus answered: Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walks in the day he does not stumble because he sees the light of this world.

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