Job 7:1 Meaning and Explanation
“Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Job compares human life to the hard, fixed term of a hired laborer who longs for his shift to end.
What Does Job 7:1 Mean?
Still answering his friends and pouring out his grief, Job turns his gaze to the common lot of all people. He pictures the day-laborer (the hireling) bound to a set stretch of toil, watching for its close.
Job feels the weight every honest sufferer knows: that earthly life can be labor under a clock not of our choosing. Yet even this complaint is spoken toward God, who alone sets the appointed times. The believer learns to bring such weariness honestly into prayer, trusting the One who numbers our days and who promises rest to the heavy-laden.
Job 7:1 in the Original Language
tsaba (צָבָא), 'appointed time' -- a term of hard, conscripted service, like soldiering.
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What does Job 7:1 mean?
Job compares human life to the hard, fixed term of a hired laborer who longs for his shift to end.