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Job 7:1

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Job’s Second Speech: A Response to Eliphaz

7“Does not a human beinga have hard serviceb on earth?

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

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Footnotes

  1. aOr a collective singular, “human beings”
  2. bLiterally “hard service for a human being”
  3. cOr a collective singular, “their”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Has not man a hard service on earth,

and are not his days like the days of a hired hand?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Do not mortals have hard service on earth?

Are not their days like those of hired laborers?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Isn’t each person consigned to forced labor on earth?

Are not his days like those of a hired worker?

NLTNew Living Translation

“Is not all human life a struggle?

Our lives are like that of a hired hand,

KJV 1900King James Version

Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth?

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