Job 7:1

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

¶ [Is there] not an appointed time to man upon earth? [are not] his days also like the days of an hireling?

Complete Jewish Bible:

"Human life on earth is like serving in the army; yes, we drudge through our days like a hired worker,

Berean Standard Bible:

“Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?

American Standard Version:

Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Is there not an appointed time{H6635} to man{H582} upon earth{H776}? are not his days{H3117} also like the days{H3117} of an hireling{H7916}?

Cross-References (KJV):

Psalms 39:4

  • LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it [is; that] I may know how frail I [am].

Job 14:5

  • Seeing his days [are] determined, the number of his months [are] with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

Job 14:6

  • Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.

Job 5:7

  • Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

Job 14:13

  • O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

Job 14:14

  • If a man die, shall he live [again]? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

Deuteronomy 15:18

  • It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant [to thee], in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.

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Commentary for Job 7:1

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H6635
    There are 463 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: צָבָא
    Transliteration: tsâbâʼ
    Pronunciation: tsaw-baw'
    Description: or (feminine) צְבָאָה; from צָבָא; a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship); appointed time, ([phrase]) army, ([phrase]) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
  2. Strong's Number: H582
    There are 648 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֱנוֹשׁ
    Transliteration: ʼĕnôwsh
    Pronunciation: en-oshe'
    Description: from אָנַשׁ; properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified אָדָם); hence,; a man in general (singly or collectively); another, [idiom] (blood-) thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, [idiom] in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ([idiom] of them), [phrase] stranger, those, [phrase] their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word. Compare אִישׁ.
  3. Strong's Number: H776
    There are 2739 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֶרֶץ
    Transliteration: ʼerets
    Pronunciation: eh'-rets
    Description: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
  4. Strong's Number: H3117
    There are 1931 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יוֹם
    Transliteration: yôwm
    Pronunciation: yome
    Description: from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
  5. Strong's Number: H7916
    There are 17 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שָׂכִיר
    Transliteration: sâkîyr
    Pronunciation: saw-keer'
    Description: from שָׂכַר; a man at wages by the day or year; hired (man, servant), hireling.