Parallel Verses
World English Bible
"Isn't a man forced to labor on earth? Aren't his days like the days of a hired hand?
New American Standard Bible
And are not his days like the days of
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
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
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?
Youngs Literal Translation
Is there not a warfare to man on earth? And as the days of an hireling his days?
Themes
Employee » Character of unrighteous
Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » Weary of » Job
natural Life » Described as » Limited
Man » Days of, as the days of a hireling
Man » Has an appointed time on the earth
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 7:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Second Speech: A Response To Eliphaz
1 "Isn't a man forced to labor on earth? Aren't his days like the days of a hired hand? 2 As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,
Names
Cross References
Job 14:5-6
Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his bounds that he can't pass;
Psalm 39:4
"Yahweh, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.
Leviticus 25:50
He shall reckon with him who bought him from the year that he sold himself to him to the Year of Jubilee: and the price of his sale shall be according to the number of years; according to the time of a hired servant shall he be with him.
Deuteronomy 15:18
It shall not seem hard to you, when you let him go free from you; for to the double of the hire of a hireling has he served you six years: and Yahweh your God will bless you in all that you do.
Job 5:7
but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
Job 14:13-14
"Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would keep me secret, until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
Ecclesiastes 8:8
There is no man who has power over the spirit to contain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death. There is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who practice it.
Isaiah 21:16
For the Lord said to me, "Within a year, as a worker bound by contract would count it, all the glory of Kedar will fail,
Isaiah 38:5
"Go, and tell Hezekiah, 'Thus says Yahweh, the God of David your father, "I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.
Isaiah 40:2
"Speak comfortably to Jerusalem; and call out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of Yahweh's hand double for all her sins."
Matthew 20:1-15
"For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
John 11:9-10
Jesus answered, "Aren't there twelve hours of daylight? If a man walks in the day, he doesn't stumble, because he sees the light of this world.