Job 7:1

Is there not an appointed time to man vpon earth? are not his dayes also like the dayes of an hireling?
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

"Is not man forced to labor on earth, And {are not} his days like the days of a hired man?
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?
- American Standard Version (1901)

Has not man his ordered time of trouble on the earth? and are not his days like the days of a servant working for payment?
- Basic English Bible

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

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

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

Is there not a warfare to man on earth? And as the days of an hireling his days?
- Youngs Literal Bible

Is there not a time of service to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Wesley's Notes for Job 7:1

7:1 Is there not - Job is here excusing what he cannot justify, his passionate longing for death. A time - Is there not a time limited by God, wherein man shall live in this sinful, and miserable world? And is it a crime in me, to desire that God would bring me to that joyful period? Our time on earth is limited and short, according to the narrow bounds of this earth. But heaven cannot be measured, nor the days of heaven numbered. Hireling - Whose time is short, being but a few years, or days, whose condition is full of toil and hardship.