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“Do not mortals have hard service on earth? Are not their days like those of hired laborers?
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Job 7:1 in Other Translations
KJV
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Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
ESV
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"Has not man a hard service on earth, and are not his days like the days of a hired hand?
NLT
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“Is not all human life a struggle? Our lives are like that of a hired hand,
MSG
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"Human life is a struggle, isn't it? It's a life sentence to hard labor.
CSB
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Isn't mankind consigned to forced labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?
Job 7:1 In-Context
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“Do not mortals have hard service on earth? Are not their days like those of hired laborers?
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Like a slave longing for the evening shadows, or a hired laborer waiting to be paid,
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so I have been allotted months of futility, and nights of misery have been assigned to me.
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When I lie down I think, ‘How long before I get up?’ The night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.
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My body is clothed with worms and scabs, my skin is broken and festering.
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Job 14:14
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Isaiah 40:2
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Job 5:7
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Leviticus 25:50
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Job 14:6
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