Job 7:1

Job 7:1 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

1“Do not mortals have hard service on earth?

Are not their days like those of hired laborers?

1“7:1 Lit Has not man compulsory laborIs a person not forced to labor on earth,

And are his days not like the days of a hired worker?

1“Is not man forced to labor on earth,

And are not his days like the days of a hired man?

1“Is not man forced to labor on earth?

And are not his days like the days of a hired man?

1“Is not man consigned to labor on earth?

Are not his days like those of a hired hand?

1Job continued,

“Don’t all human beings have to work hard on this earth?

Aren’t their days like the days of hired workers?