Job 7:1-2

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Job 7:1-6 The Message (MSG)

“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!

Job 7:1-2 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? As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, And as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work

Job 7:1-2 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

“Is not man forced to labor on earth, And are not his days like the days of a hired man? As a slave who pants for the shade, And as a hired man who eagerly waits for his wages

Job 7:1-2 New Century Version (NCV)

“People have a hard task on earth, and their days are like those of a laborer. They are like a slave wishing for the evening shadows, like a laborer waiting to be paid.

Job 7:1-2 American Standard Version (ASV)

Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling? As a servant that earnestly desireth the shadow, And as a hireling that looketh for his wages

Job 7:1-2 New International Version (NIV)

“Do not mortals have hard service on earth? Are not their days like those of hired laborers? Like a slave longing for the evening shadows, or a hired laborer waiting to be paid

Job 7:1-2 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? Like a servant who earnestly desires the shade, And like a hired man who eagerly looks for his wages

Job 7:1-2 Amplified Bible (AMP)

“Is not man forced to labor on earth? And are not his days like the days of a hired man? “As a slave earnestly longs for the shade, And as a hired man eagerly awaits his wages

Job 7:1-2 New Living Translation (NLT)

“Is not all human life a struggle? Our lives are like that of a hired hand, like a worker who longs for the shade, like a servant waiting to be paid.

Job 7:1-2 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)

“Has not man a hard service on earth, and are not his days like the days of a hired hand? Like a slave who longs for the shadow, and like a hired hand who looks for his wages