1 Job showeth the shortness and misery of man’s life.

Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? and are not his days as the days of an [a]hireling?

As a servant longeth for the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the end of his work,

So have I had as an inheritance the [b]months of vanity, and painful nights have been appointed unto me.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 7:1 Hath not an hired servant some rest and ease? then in this my continual torment I am worse than an hireling.
  2. Job 7:3 My sorrow hath continued from month to month, and I have looked for hope in vain.

“Do not mortals have hard service(A) on earth?(B)
    Are not their days like those of hired laborers?(C)
Like a slave longing for the evening shadows,(D)
    or a hired laborer waiting to be paid,(E)
so I have been allotted months of futility,
    and nights of misery have been assigned to me.(F)

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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?

As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:

So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

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