Job 7:1
Modern Translations
New International Version
"Do not mortals have hard service on earth? Are not their days like those of hired laborers?

New Living Translation
“Is not all human life a struggle? Our lives are like that of a hired hand,

English Standard Version
“Has not man a hard service on earth, and are not his days like the days of a hired hand?

Berean Study Bible
“Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?

New American Standard Bible
“Is a person not forced to labor on earth, And are his days not like the days of a hired worker?

NASB 1995
"Is not man forced to labor on earth, And are not his days like the days of a hired man?

NASB 1977
“Is not man forced to labor on earth, And are not his days like the days of a hired man?

Amplified Bible
“Is not man forced to labor on earth? And are not his days like the days of a hired man?

Christian Standard Bible
Isn’t each person consigned to forced labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired worker?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Isn't mankind consigned to forced labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?

Contemporary English Version
Why is life so hard? Why do we suffer?

Good News Translation
Human life is like forced army service, like a life of hard manual labor,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Isn't a mortal's stay on earth difficult like a hired hand's daily [work]?

International Standard Version
"Men have harsh servitude on earth, do they not? His days are like those of a hired laborer, are they not?

NET Bible
"Does not humanity have hard service on earth? Are not their days also like the days of a hired man?
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?

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

King James 2000 Bible
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of a hireling?

New Heart English Bible
"Isn't a man forced to labor on earth? Aren't his days like the days of a hired hand?

World English Bible
"Isn't a man forced to labor on earth? Aren't his days like the days of a hired hand?

American King James Version
Is there not an appointed time to man on earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?

American Standard Version
Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?

A Faithful Version
"Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hireling?

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

English Revised Version
Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? and are not his days like the days of an hireling?

Webster's Bible Translation
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of a hireling?

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Is there not an appointed time to man vpon earth? and are not his dayes as the dayes of an hyreling?

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Is ther not an appoynted time to man vpon earth? Are not his dayes also like the dayes of an hired seruaunt?

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Is not the life off ma vpon earth a very batayll? Are not his dayes, like the dayes of an hyred seruaunte?
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
“Is there not warfare to man on earth? And his days as the days of a hired worker?

Young's Literal Translation
Is there not a warfare to man on earth? And as the days of an hireling his days?

Smith's Literal Translation
Is there not warfare to man upon the earth, and his days as the days of a hireling?

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The life of man upon earth is a warfare, and his days are like the days of a hireling.

Catholic Public Domain Version
The life of a man on the earth is a battle, and his days are like the days of a hired hand.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Now there is time for a person on the Earth, and like the days of a hired man are his days

Lamsa Bible
BEHOLD there is an appointed time for man upon earth, and his days are like the days of a hireling.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Is there not a time of service to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Is not the life of man upon earth a state of trial? and his existence as that of a hireling by the day?
















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