You always have someone\par to prove I am wrong.\par Your will show your anger at me\par again and again in many ways,\par as you send one army after another\par against me.\par
Job 7:1 - Easy To Read Version Job said, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? Are not his days also like the days of an hireling? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition IS THERE not an [appointed] warfare and hard labor to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling? American Standard Version (1901) Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling? Common English Bible Isn’t slavery everyone’s condition on earth, our days like those of a hired worker? Catholic Public Domain Version The life of a man on the earth is a battle, and his days are like the days of a hired hand. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The life of man upon earth is a warfare, and his days are like the days of a hireling. |
You always have someone\par to prove I am wrong.\par Your will show your anger at me\par again and again in many ways,\par as you send one army after another\par against me.\par
\{Job said,\} “We are all human beings. {\cf2\super [24]} Our life is short and full of trouble.
But man is born to have trouble,\par as sure as sparks fly up from a fire.\par
Man is like a slave who wants the\par cool shade after hard work on a hot day.\par Man is like a hired worker\par waiting for payday.\par
Lord, tell me, what will happen to me now?\par Tell me, how long will I live?\par Let me know how short my life really is.\par
No person has the power to keep his spirit from leaving. No person has the power to stop his death. During war, a soldier does not have the freedom to go any place he wants to go. In the same way, if a person does evil, that evil won’t allow him to be free.
And now the Lord says, “In three years (the way a hired helper counts time) all those people and the things they are proud of will be gone. There will be a few people left, but there will not be many.”
The Lord, my Master, told me those things would happen. The Lord said, “In one year, (the way a hired helper counts time) all Kedar’s {\cf2\super [211]} glory will be gone.
“Go to Hezekiah and tell him that the Lord, the God of your ancestor {\cf2\super [360]} David says, ‘I heard your prayer, and I saw your tears. I will add 15 years to your life.
Speak kindly to Jerusalem!\par Tell Jerusalem,\par ‘Your time of service is finished.\par You have paid the price for your sins.’”\par The Lord punished Jerusalem—\par twice for every sin she did.\par
“How do you decide the price? You must count the years from the time he sold himself to the foreigner up to the next year of Jubilee. [438] Use that number to decide the price. Why? Because really the person only ‘hired’ him for a few years!
“Don’t feel bad about letting your slave go free. Remember, he served you six years at only half the money you would have paid a hired person. The Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.