1 “Do not mortals have hard service on earth?

Are not their days like those of hired laborers?

1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth?

Are not his days also like the days of an hireling?

1 “Is not all human life a struggle?

Our lives are like that of a hired hand,

1 “Is there not a time of hard service for man on earth?

Are not his days also like the days of a hired man?

1 “People have a hard task on earth,

and their days are like those of a laborer.

1 Is there not a warfare to man upon earth?

And are not his days like the days of a hireling?

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

1 “Isn’t a mortal’s stay on earth difficult 

like a hired hand’s daily ⸤work⸥? 

1 Isn’t mankind consigned to forced labor on earth?

Are not his days like those of a hired hand?

1 “Do not human beings have a hard service on earth,

and are not their days like the days of a laborer?

1 “Does not a human being have hard service on earth?

And are not his days like the days of a laborer?

1 Job continued,

“Doesn’t every man have to work hard on this earth?

Aren’t his days like the days of a hired worker?

1 “Is not man forced to labor on earth,

And are not his days like the days of a hired man?