Job 7:1–2
Job 7:1–2 — The New International Version (NIV)
1 “Do not mortals have hard service on earth?
Are not their days like those of hired laborers?
2 Like a slave longing for the evening shadows,
or a hired laborer waiting to be paid,
Job 7:1–2 — English Standard Version (ESV)
1 “Has not man a hard service on earth,
and are not his days like the days of a hired hand?
2 Like a slave who longs for the shadow,
and like a hired hand who looks for his wages,
Job 7:1–2 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth?
Are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow,
And as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
Job 7:1–2 — New Living Translation (NLT)
1 “Is not all human life a struggle?
Our lives are like that of a hired hand,
2 like a worker who longs for the shade,
like a servant waiting to be paid.
Job 7:1–2 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
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?
2 Like a servant who earnestly desires the shade,
And like a hired man who eagerly looks for his wages,
Job 7:1–2 — New Century Version (NCV)
1 “People have a hard task on earth,
and their days are like those of a laborer.
2 They are like a slave wishing for the evening shadows,
like a laborer waiting to be paid.
Job 7:1–2 — American Standard Version (ASV)
1 Is there not a warfare to man upon earth?
And are not his days like the days of a hireling?
2 As a servant that earnestly desireth the shadow,
And as a hireling that looketh for his wages:
Job 7:1–2 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
1 Hath not man a life of labour upon earth? and are not his days like the days of a hireling? 2 As a bondman earnestly desireth the shadow, and a hireling expecteth his wages,
Job 7:1–2 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
1 “Isn’t a mortal’s stay on earth difficult
like a hired hand’s daily ⸤work⸥?
2 Like a slave, he longs for shade.
Like a hired hand, he eagerly looks for his pay.
Job 7:1–2 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
1 Isn’t mankind consigned to forced labor on earth?
Are not his days like those of a hired hand?
2 Like a slave he longs for shade;
like a hired man he waits for his pay.
Job 7:1–2 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
1 “Do not human beings have a hard service on earth,
and are not their days like the days of a laborer?
2 Like a slave who longs for the shadow,
and like laborers who look for their wages,
Job 7:1–2 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
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?
2 I’ve been like a slave
who longs for the evening shadows to come.
I’ve been like a hired worker
who can hardly wait to get paid.
Job 7:1–2 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
1 “Is not man forced to labor on earth,
And are not his days like the days of a hired man?
2 “As a slave who pants for the shade,
And as a hired man who eagerly waits for his wages,