Job 7:1

Is not the life of man upon earth a state of trial? 1 And his existence as that of a hireling by the day? 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2Or as a servant that fears his master, and one who has grasped a shadow? 1 Or as a hireling waiting for his pay? 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:50then shall he calculate with his purchaser from the year that he sold himself to him until the year of release: and the money of his purchase shall be as that of a hireling, he shall be with him from year to year.

Job 5:7Yet man is born to labor, 1 And even so the vulture’s young seek the high places. 1

Job 14:6Depart from him, that he may be quiet, 1 And take pleasure in his life, though as a hireling. 1

Psalms 39:4And he put a new song into my mouth, 1 Even a hymn to our God: 1 Many shall see it, and fear, 1 And shall hope in the Lord. 1

Isaiah 16:14And now I say, In three years, of the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab shall be dishonored with all his great wealth; and he shall be left few in number, and not honored.

Isaiah 38:5Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, and seen thy tears: behold, I will add to thy time fifteen years.

Matthew Henry on Job 7:1

Job, in this chapter, goes on to express the bitter sense he had of his calamities and to justify himself in his desire of death. I. He complains to himself and his friends of his troubles, and the constant agitation he was in, ver. 1-6 . II. He turns to God, and expostulates with him ( ver. 7 , to the end), in which, 1. He pleads the final period which death puts to our present state, ver. 7-10 . 2. He passionately complains of the miserable condition he was now in, ver. 11-16 . 3. He wonders that God will thus… Read the whole commentary →

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