Job Chapter 7 verse 1 Holy Bible
Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?
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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?
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Hath not man a life of labour upon earth? and are not his days like the days of a hireling?
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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?
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Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of a hireling?
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"Isn't a man forced to labor on earth? Aren't his days like the days of a hired hand?
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Is there not a warfare to man on earth? And as the days of an hireling his days?
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 1-21. - In this chapter Job first bewails his miserable fate, of which he expects no alleviation (vers. 1-10); then claims an unlimited right of complaint (ver. 11); and finally enters into direct expostulation with God - an expostulation which continues from ver. 12 to the end of the chapter. At the close, he admits his sinfulness (ver. 20), but asks impatiently why God does not pardon it instead of visiting it with such extreme vengeance (ver. 21). Verse 1. - Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? rather, Is there not a warfare (or, a time of service) to man upon earth? Has not each man a certain work appointed for him to do, and a certain limited time assigned him within which to do it? And thus, Are not his days also like the days of an hireling? Since the hireling is engaged to do a certain work in a certain time.