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Job 7:1
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Isn’t each person consigned to forced labor on earth?
"Isn't a man forced to labor on eretz? Aren't his days like the days of a hired hand?
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
"Has not man a hard service on earth, and are not his days like the days of a hired hand?
"People have a hard task on earth, and their days are like those of a laborer.
"Does not humanity have hard service on earth? Are not their days also like the days of a hired man?
"Is not man forced to labor on earth? And are not his days like the days of a hired man?
"Is a person not forced to labor on earth, And are his days not like the days of a hired worker?
"Isn't a man forced to labor on earth? Aren't his days like the days of a hired hand?
Is there not an appointed time to man vpon earth? and are not his dayes as the dayes of an hyreling?
"Is not man conscripted to labor on earth,And are not his days like the days of a hired man?
Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?
Job Continues Why is life so hard? Why do we suffer?
"Human life on earth is like serving in the army; yes, we drudge through our days like a hired worker,
Hath not man a life of labour upon earth? and are not his days like the days of a hireling?
"People have a hard struggle on earth. Their life is like that of a hired worker.
BEHOLD there is an appointed time for man upon earth, and his days are like the days of a hireling.
Human life is like forced army service, like a life of hard manual labor,
"Does not a human being have hard service on earth? And are not his days like the days of a laborer?
Is there not a warfare to man on earth? And his days like the days of a hireling?
Is not the life off ma vpon earth a very batayll? Are not his dayes, like the dayes of an hyred seruaunte?
Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?
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?
Is ther not an appoynted time to man vpon earth? Are not his dayes also like the dayes of an hired seruaunt?
Is there not a time of service to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?
Is there not an appointed time to man vpon earth? are not his dayes also like the dayes of an hireling?
Is not the life of man upon earth a state of trial? and his existence as that of a hireling by the day?
Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? and are not his days like the days of an hireling?
Knyythod is lijf of man on erthe, and his daies ben as the daies of an hired man.
Is there not a warfare to common man on earth? And are not his days like the days of a hired worker?
[Is there] not an appointed time to man upon earth? [are not] his days also like the days of a hireling?
"Is there not a time of hard service for man on earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hired man?
"Is not all human life a struggle? Our lives are like that of a hired hand,
"Is not man made to work on earth? Are not his days like the days of a man paid to work?
"Do not human beings have a hard service on earth, and are not their days like the days of a laborer?
Is there not a warfare to a mortal, upon earth? And, as the days of a hireling, are not his days?
"Has not man a hard service upon earth, and are not his days like the days of a hireling?
Is there not a warfare to man on earth? And as the days of an hireling his days?
"Human life is a struggle, isn't it? It's a life sentence to hard labor. Like field hands longing for quitting time and working stiffs with nothing to hope for but payday, I'm given a life that meanders and goes nowhere— months of aimlessness, nights of misery! I go to bed and think, ‘How long till I can get up?' I toss and turn as the night drags on—and I'm fed up! I'm covered with maggots and scabs. My skin gets scaly and hard, then oozes with pus. My days come and go swifter than the click of knitting needles, and then the yarn runs out—an unfinished life!
"Is not man forced to labor on earth, And are not his days like the days of a hired man?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Is there: Job 14:5, Job 14:13, Job 14:14, Psalms 39:4, Isaiah 38:5, John 11:9, John 11:10
an appointed time: or, a warfare, Ecclesiastes 8:8
like the days: Job 14:6, Leviticus 25:50, Deuteronomy 15:18, Isaiah 21:16, Matthew 20:1-15
Reciprocal: Genesis 47:29 - must die Deuteronomy 12:1 - all the days 1 Samuel 26:10 - his day Ecclesiastes 3:2 - and a time
Cross-References
These are the generations of Noe: Noe was a just and perfect man in his generations, he walked with God.
And the Lord said to him: Go in, thou and all thy house, into the ark: for thee I have seen just before me in this generation.
For yet a while, and after seven days, I will rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights: and I will destroy every substance that I have made, from the face of the earth.
And Noe did all things which the Lord had commanded him.
And he was six hundred years old, when the waters of the flood overflowed the earth.
And Noe went in and his sons, his wife and the wives of his sons with him into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
And of beasts clean and unclean, and of fowls, and of every thing that moveth upon the earth,
Two and two went in to Noe into the ark, male and female, as the Lord had commanded Noe.
And after the seven days were passed, the waters of the flood overflowed the earth.
In the six hundredth year of the life of Noe, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the floodgates of heaven were opened:
Gill's Notes on the Bible
[Is there] not an appointed time to man upon earth?.... There is a set time for his coming into the world, for his continuance in it, and for his going out of it; this is to man "on earth", with respect to his being and abode here, not in the other world or future state: not in heaven; there is no certain limited time for man there, but an eternity; the life he will enter into is everlasting; the habitation, mansion, and house he will dwell in, are eternal; saints will be for ever with Christ, in whose presence are pleasures for evermore: nor in hell; the punishment there will be eternal, the fire will be unquenchable and everlasting, the smoke of the torments of the damned will ascend for ever and ever; but men's days and time on earth are but as a shadow, and soon gone; they are of the earth, earthly, and return unto it at a fixed appointed time, time, the bounds of which cannot be passed over: this is true of mankind in general, and of Job in particular; see Job 14:1; the word "Enosh" i, here used, signifies, as is commonly observed, a frail, feeble, mortal man; Mr. Broughton renders it "sorrowful man"; as every man more or less is; even a man of sorrows, and acquainted with griefs, is attended with them, has an experience of them: this is the common lot of mankind; and if anything more than ordinary is inflicted upon them, they are not able to bear it; and these sorrows death at the appointed time puts an end to, which makes it desirable; now, seeing there is a set time for every man's life on earth, and there was for Job's, of which he was well assured; and, by all appearance of things, and by the symptoms upon him, this time was near at hand; therefore it should not be thought a criminal thing in him, considering his extraordinary afflictions, and which were intolerable, that he should so earnestly wish the time was come; though in his more serious thoughts he determined to wait for it: some render the words, "is [there] not a warfare are for men on earth?" k the word being so rendered elsewhere, particularly in Isaiah 40:2; every man's state on earth is a state of warfare; this is frequently said by the stoic philosophers l; even so is that of natural and unregenerate men, who are often engaged in war with one another, which arise from the lusts which war in their members; and especially with the people of God, the seed of the woman, between whom and the seed of the serpent there has been an enmity from the beginning; and with themselves, with the troubles of life, diseases of body, and various afflictions they have to conflict and grapple with: and more especially the life of good men here is a state of warfare, not only of the ministers of the word, or persons in public office, but of private believers; who are good soldiers of Christ, enter volunteers into his service, fight under his banners, and themselves like men; these have many enemies to combat with; some within, the corruptions of hearts, which war against the spirit and law of their minds, which form a company of two armies in militating against each other; and others without, as Satan and his principalities and powers, the men the world, false teachers, and the like: and these are properly accoutred for such service, having the whole armour of God provided for them; and have great encouragement to behave manfully, since they may be sure of victory, and of having the crown of righteousness, when they have fought the good fight of even though they are but frail, feeble, mortal, sinful men, but flesh and blood, and so not of themselves a match for their enemies; but they are more than so through the Lord being on their side, Christ being the Captain of their salvation, and the Spirit of God being in them greater than he that is in the world; and besides, it is only on earth this warfare is, and will soon be accomplished, the last enemy being death that shall be destroyed: now this being the common case of man, to be annoyed with enemies, and always at war with them, if, besides this, uncommon afflictions befall him, as was Job's case, this must make life burdensome, and death, which is a deliverance from them, desirable; this is his argument: some choose to render the words, "is [there] not a servile condition for men on earth" m the word being used of the ministry and service of the Levites, Numbers 4:3; all men by creation are or ought to be the servants of God; good men are so by the grace of God, and willingly and cheerfully serve him; and though the great work of salvation is wrought out by Christ for them, and the work of grace is wrought by the Spirit of Christ in them, yet they have work to do in their day and generation in the world, in their families, and in the house of God; and which, though weak and feeble in themselves, they are capable of doing, through Christ, his Spirit, power, and grace: and this is only on earth; in the grave there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge; when the night of death comes, no man can work; his service, especially his toilsome service, is at an end; and as it is natural for servants to wish for the night, when their labours end, Job thought it not unlawful in him to wish for death, which would put an end to his toils and labours, and when he should have rest from them:
[are not] his days also like the days plan hireling? the time for which a servant is hired, whether it be for a day or for a year, or more, it is a set time; it is fixed, settled, and determined in the agreement, and so are the days of man's life on earth; and the of an hireling are few at most, the time for which he is hired is but and as the days of an hireling are days of toil, and labour, and sorrow, so are the days of men evil as well as few; his few days are full of trouble,
Genesis 47:9; all this and what follows is spoken to God, and not to his friends, as appears from Job 7:7.
i ××× ×ש "mortali", Junius Tremellius, Piscator "misero et aerumnoso homini", Michaelis. k צ×× "militia", Montanus, Tigurine version, Schultens; so V. L. Targum. l Vid. Gataker. Anotat. in M. Antonin. de seipso, p. 77, 78. m "Conditio servilis", Schmidt.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? - Margin, or, warfare. The word used here צ×× tsaÌbaÌ' means properly a host, an army, see the notes, Isaiah 1:9; then it means warfare, or the hard service of a soldier; notes, Isaiah 40:2. Here it means that man on the earth was enlisted, so to speak, for a certain time. He had a certain and definite hard service to perform, and which he must continue to discharge until he was relieved by death. It was a service of hazard, like the life of a soldier, or of toil, like that of one who had been hired for a certain time, and who anxiously looked for the period of his release. The object of Job in introducing this remark evidently is, to vindicate himself for the wish to die which he had expressed. He maintains that it is as natural and proper for man in his circumstances to wish to be released by death, as for a soldier to desire that his term of service might be accomplished, or a weary servant to long for the shades of the evening. The Septuagint renders it, âIs not the life of man upon the earth peirateerion â - explained by Schleusner and rendered by Good, as meaning a band of pirates. The Vulgate renders it, militia - miltary service. The sense is, that the life of man was like the hard service of a soldier; and this is one of the points of justification to which Job referred in Job 6:29-30. He maintains that it is not improper to desire that such a service should close.
The days of an hireling - A man who has been hired to perform some service with a promise of a reward, and who is not unnaturally impatient to receive it. Job maintained that such was the life of man. He was looking forward to a reward, and it was not unnatural or improper to desire that that reward should be given to him.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER VII
Job continues to deplore his helpless and afflicted state, 1-6.
He expostulates with God concerning his afflictions, 7-12;
describes the disturbed state of his mind by visions in the
night season; abhors life, 13-16;
and, showing that he is unworthy of the notice of God, begs
pardon and respite, 17-21.
NOTES ON CHAP. VII
Verse Job 7:1. Is there not an appointed time to man — The Hebrew, with its literal rendering, is as follows: ××× ×¦×× ××× ×ש ×¢×× ×רץ halo tsaba leenosh aley arets, "Is there not a warfare to miserable man upon the earth?" And thus most of the versions have understood the words. The SEPTUAGINT: ΠοÏεÏον Î¿Ï Ïι ÏειÏαÏηÏιον εÏÏι Î¿Ì Î²Î¹Î¿Ï Î±Î½Î¸ÏÏÏÎ¿Ï ÎµÏι ÏÎ·Ï Î³Î·Ï; "Is not the life of man a place of trial upon earth?" The VULGATE: Militia est vita hominis super terram, "The life of man is a warfare upon earth?" The CHALDEE is the same. N'y a-t-il pas comme un train de guerre ordonne aux mortels sur la terre? "Is there not a continual campaign ordained for mortals upon the earth?" FRENCH BIBLE. The GERMAN and DUTCH the same. COVERDALE: Is not the life off man upon earth a very batayle? CARMARDEN, Rouen, 1566: Hath man any certayne tyme upon earth? SYRIAC and ARABIC: "Now, man has time upon the earth." Non e egli il tempo determinato a l'huomo sopra la terra?" "Is there not a determined time to man upon the earth?" BIB. ITAL., 1562. All these are nearer to the true sense than ours; and of a bad translation, worse use has been made by many theologians. I believe the simple sentiment which the writer wished to convey is this: Human life is a state of probation; and every day and place is a time and place of exercise, to train us up for eternal life. Here is the exercise, and here the warfare: we are enlisted in the bands of the Church militant, and must accomplish our time of service, and be honourably dismissed from the warfare, having conquered through the blood of the Lamb; and then receive the reward of the heavenly inheritance.
