Job 7:1 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
Is there not a warfare to man on earth? And as the days of an hireling his days?
English ASV
Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?
English Amplified
IS THERE not an [appointed] warfare and hard labor to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
IS THERE not an [appointed] warfare and hard labor to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
“Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
Isn’t each person consigned to forced labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired worker?
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
Hath not man a life of labour upon earth? and are not his days like the days of a hireling?
English EASY 2024
People have to work very hard on this earth. They have to work every day, like servants.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
"People have a hard struggle on earth. Their life is like that of a hired worker.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
"Has not man a hard service on earth, and are not his days like the days of a hired hand?
English GNT (Good News Translation)
Human life is like forced army service, like a life of hard manual labor,
English God's Word - GW 1995
"Isn't a mortal's stay on earth difficult like a hired hand's daily {work}?
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
Isn't mankind consigned to forced labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?
English KJV 1611
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
English LSB
“Is not man conscripted to labor on earth, And are not his days like the days of a hired man?
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
“Is there not a time of hard service for a man upon earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hired worker?
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
"Is not man forced to labor on earth, And are not his days like the days of a hired man?
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
Is not man's life on earth a drudgery? Are not his days those of a hireling?
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
“Does not humanity have hard service on earth? Are not their days also like the days of a hired man?
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
Job continued, "Doesn't every man have to work hard on this earth? Aren't his days like the days of a hired worker?
English NIV
"Does not man have hard service on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired man?
English NKJ 1982
“ Is there not a time of hard service for man on earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hired man?
English NLT
"Is this not the struggle of all humanity? A person's life is long and hard, like that of a hired hand,
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
"Do not human beings have a hard service on earth, and are not their days like the days of a laborer?
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
“Has not man a hard service upon earth, and are not his days like the days of a hireling?
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
“How mankind must struggle. A man's life is long and hard, like that of a slave.
English Tyndale 1537
Is not the life of man upon earth a very battle? Are not his days like the days of an hired servant?