Job 7:1
Is there not a warfare to a mortal, upon earth? And, as the days of a hireling, are not his days?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
2As, a bondman, panteth for the shadow, and as, a hireling, longeth for his wage,
Cross References
Leviticus 25:50Then shall he reckon with him that bought him, from the year that he was sold to him, unto the year of the jubilee,—and the silver for which he was sold shall be by the number of years, according to the days of a hired servant, shall he be with him.
Job 5:7Though, man, to trouble, were born, as, sparks, on high, do soar,
Job 14:6Look sway from him, that he may rest, Till he shall pay off, as a hireling, his day.
Psalms 39:4Let me know, O Yahweh, mine end, And the measure of my days—what it is, I would know how short-lived I am.
Isaiah 16:14But now, hath Yahweh spoken saying, In three years,—as the years of a hireling, shall the glory of Moab be diminished, with all the great multitude,—even a very small remnant, of no account.
Isaiah 38:5Go, and say unto Hezekiah—Thus, saith Yahweh, the God of David thy father: I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears,—Behold me! about to add unto thy days, 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 →