Job 7:1

NETBible

“Does not humanity have hard service 1  on earth? Are not their days also like the days of a hired man? 2 

NIV ©

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

NASB ©

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

NLT ©

"Is this not the struggle of all humanity? A person’s life is long and hard, like that of a hired hand,

MSG ©

"Human life is a struggle, isn't it? It's a life sentence to hard labor.

BBE ©

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?

NRSV ©

"Do not human beings have a hard service on earth, and are not their days like the days of a laborer?

NKJV ©

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

KJV
[Is there] not an appointed time
<06635>
to man
<0582>
upon earth
<0776>_?
[are not] his days
<03117>
also like the days
<03117>
of an hireling
<07916>_?
{an appointed...: or, a warfare}
NASB ©
"Is not man
<582>
forced
<6635>
to labor
<6635>
on earth
<776>
, And
are not
his days
<3117>
like the days
<3117>
of a hired
<7916>
man
<7916>
?
LXXM
poteron
<4220> 
ADV
ouci
<3364> 
ADV
peirathrion {N-NSN} estin
<1510> 
V-PAI-3S
o
<3588> 
T-NSM
biov
<979> 
N-NSM
anyrwpou
<444> 
N-GSM
epi
<1909> 
PREP
thv
<3588> 
T-GSF
ghv
<1065> 
N-GSF
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
wsper
<3746> 
ADV
misyiou
<3407> 
A-GSM
auyhmerinou {A-GSM} h
<3588> 
T-NSF
zwh
<2222> 
N-NSF
autou
<846> 
D-GSM
NET [draft] ITL
“Does not
<03808>
humanity
<0582>
have hard service
<06635>
on
<05921>
earth? Are not their days
<03117>
also like the days
<03117>
of a hired man
<07916>
?
HEBREW
wymy
<03117>
rykv
<07916>
ymykw
<03117>
Ura
<05921>
*yle {le}
<05921>
swnal
<0582>
abu
<06635>
alh (7:1)
<03808>
NETBible

“Does not humanity have hard service 1  on earth? Are not their days also like the days of a hired man? 2 

NET Notes

1 tn The word צָבָא (tsava’) is actually “army”; it can be used for the hard service of military service as well as other toil. As a military term it would include the fixed period of duty (the time) and the hard work (toil). Job here is considering the lot of all humans, not just himself.

2 tn The שָׂכִיר (sakhir) is a hired man, either a man who works for wages, or a mercenary soldier (Jer 46:21). The latter sense may be what is intended here in view of the parallelism, although the next verse seems much broader.