Job 7:1
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The Brevity of Life
7:1“Does not humanity have hard service1 on earth?
Are not their days also
like the days of a hired man?2
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- 1 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 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.
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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?
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
“Do not mortals have hard service on earth?
Are not their days like those of hired laborers?
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Isn’t each person consigned to forced labor on earth?
Are not his days like those of a hired worker?
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NLTNew Living Translation
“Is not all human life a struggle?
Our lives are like that of a hired hand,
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
“Does not a human being have hard service on earth?
And are not his days like the days of a laborer?
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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?
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