Job 7:1

Job 7:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
• New International Version (NIV)“Do not mortals have hard service on earth? Are not their days like those of hired laborers?
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Has not man a hard service on earth, and are not his days like the days of a hired hand?
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Is there not a time of hard service for man on earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hired man?

Context of Job 7:1

Hath not man a life of labour upon earth? and are not his days like the days of a hireling? 2As a bondman earnestly desireth the shadow, and a hireling expecteth his wages, 3So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

Job 7:1 word by word

הֲלֹא־צָבָ֣א לֶאֱנ֣וֹשׁ עֲלֵי אָ֑רֶץ וְכִימֵ֖י שָׂכִ֣יר יָמָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

• earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117

Cross-references for Job 7:1

• Job 14:5If his days are determined, if the number of his months is with thee, [and] thou hast appointed his bounds which he must not pass,
• Psalms 39:4Make me to know, Jehovah, mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: I shall know how frail I am.
• Isaiah 38:5Go and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father: I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add to thy days fifteen years.
• John 11:9Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any one walk in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world;
• Ecclesiastes 8:8There is no man who hath control over the spirit to retain the spirit; and no one hath control over the day of death; and there is no discharge in that war, neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
• Job 14:6Look away from him; and let him rest, till he accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
• Leviticus 25:50And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubilee; and the price of his sale shall be according to the number of the years, according to the days of a hired servant shall he be with him.
• Deuteronomy 15:18Let it not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for double the worth of a hired servant hath he been to thee, [in] serving thee six years; and Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all that thou doest.
• Isaiah 21:16For thus hath the Lord said unto me: Within a year, according to the years of a hired servant, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail;
• Matthew 20:1For the kingdom of the heavens is like a householder who went out with the early morn to hire workmen for his vineyard.

Commentaries on Job 7:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Is there not an appointed time to man - The Hebrew, with its literal rendering, is as follows: ארץ עלי לאנוש צבא הלא 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: ̔ ; "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…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? - Margin, or, warfare. The word used here צבא tsâbâ' 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…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Job's troubles. (1-6) Job expostulates with God. (7-16) He begs release. (17-21) Verses 1-6 Job here excuses what he could not justify, his desire of death. Observe man's present place: he is upon earth. He is yet on earth, not in hell. Is there not a time appointed for his abode here? yes, certainly, and the appointment is made by Him who made us and sent us here. During that, man's life is a warfare, and as day-labourers, who have the work of the day to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1Human life has been difficult since the effects of the first human sin (Genesis 3:17; 5:29; Ecclesiastes 1:2, 13–14; 2:11, 17; Romans 8:20–22).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-211. appointed time--better, "a warfare," hard conflict with evil (so in Is 40:2; Da 10:1). Translate it "appointed time" (Job 14:14). Job reverts to the sad picture of man, however great, which he had drawn (Job 3:14), and details in this chapter the miseries which his friends will see, if, according to his request (Job 6:28), they will look on him. Even the Christian soldier, "warring a good warfare," rejoices when it is completed (1Ti 1:18; 2Ti 2:3; 4:7…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 7:1

• Death
• Employee
• Life
• Servant

In the dictionaries

• Bitterness
• Complain
• Dust
• Hireling
• Preserver
• Terrify
• Wearisome

Commentaries on Job 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings