Job 7:1 ““Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those o…”

Job 7:1

“Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Is there not an appointed time to man vpon earth? and are not his dayes as the dayes of an hyreling?

Darby Translation

Hath not man a life of labour 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?

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?

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Cross references

“Is there”

Psalm 39:4 Isaiah 38:5 Job 14:5 Job 14:13 Job 14:14 John 11:9

Psalm 39:4 · BSB

“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.

Isaiah 38:5 · BSB

“Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.

Job 14:5 · BSB

Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,

Job 14:13 · BSB

If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!

Job 14:14 · BSB

When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.

John 11:9 · BSB

Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? If anyone walks in the daytime, he will not stumble, because he sees by the light of this world.

“an appointed time”

Ecclesiastes 8:8

Ecclesiastes 8:8 · BSB

As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.

“like the days”

Leviticus 25:50 Deuteronomy 15:18 Matthew 20:1–15 Isaiah 21:16 Job 14:6

Leviticus 25:50 · BSB

He and his purchaser will then count the time from the year he sold himself up to the Year of Jubilee. The price of his sale will be determined by the number of years, based on the daily wages of a hired hand.

Deuteronomy 15:18 · BSB

Do not regard it as a hardship to set your servant free, because his six years of service were worth twice the wages of a hired hand. And the LORD your God will bless you in all you do.

Matthew 20:1–15 · BSB

“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

Isaiah 21:16 · BSB

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 14:6 · BSB

look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.

Also

Job 5:7 Isaiah 40:2

Job 5:7 · BSB

Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.

Isaiah 40:2 · BSB

“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.

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