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militia est vita hominis super terram et sicut dies mercennarii dies eius
Is there not an appointed time to man on earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of a hireling?
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
“Is there not a time of hard service for man on earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hired man?
“Is there not an appointed time for man upon earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hireling?
Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?
Hath not man a life of labour upon earth? and are not his days like the days of a hireling?
The life of man upon earth is a warfare, and his days are like the days of a hireling.
Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? and are not his days like the days of an hireling?
“Has not man a hard service on earth, and are not his days like the days of a hired hand?
"Isn't a mortal's stay on earth difficult like a hired hand's daily [work]?
Isn't mankind consigned to forced labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?
"Men have harsh servitude on earth, do they not? His days are like those of a hired laborer, are they not?
"Does not humanity have hard service on earth? Are not their days also like the days of a hired man?
"Is not man forced to labor on earth, And are not his days like the days of a hired man?
"Do not mortals have hard service on earth? Are not their days like those of hired laborers?
"Is not all human life a struggle? Our lives are like that of a hired hand,
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of a hireling?
"Isn't a man forced to labor on earth? Aren't his days like the days of a hired hand?
People have to work very hard on this earth. They have to work every day, like servants.
Is there not a warfare to man on earth? And as the days of an hireling his days?
“Is not man made to work on earth? Are not his days like the days of a man paid to work?
Job: Don’t we humans struggle long and hard in our time on earth? Don’t we live our lives as common laborers?
“How mankind must struggle. A man’s life is long and hard, like that of a slave.
“Is not man’s life on earth an exhausting one, and are not his days like those of a hired laborer?
“Is not man conscripted to labor on earth, And are not his days like the days of a hired man?
Man certainly has an appointed amount of time upon earth, and his days are like the days of a hireling.
Isn’t each person consigned to forced labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired worker?
Is there not an [appointed] warfare and hard labor to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?
“People have a hard task on earth, and their days are like those of a laborer.
“Human life is a struggle, isn’t it? It’s a life sentence to hard labor. Like field hands longing for quitting time and working stiffs with nothing to hope for but payday, I’m given a life that meanders and goes nowhere— months of aimlessness, nights of misery! I go to bed and think, ‘How long till I can get up?’ I toss and turn as the night drags on—and I’m fed up! I’m covered with maggots and scabs. My skin gets scaly and hard, then oozes with pus. My days come and go swifter than the click of knitting needles, and then the yarn runs out—an unfinished life!
Isn’t man’s time on earth like being compelled to serve in the army? Aren’t his days like those of a hired man?
“Do not human beings have a hard service on earth, and are not their days like the days of a laborer?
Human life is like forced army service, like a life of hard manual labor,
Knighthood, that is, continual travail, and fighting against vices, is the life of a man upon (the) earth, and his days be as the days of an hired man.
Why is life so hard? Why do we suffer?
“Has not man a hard service upon earth, and are not his days like the days of a hireling?
“Do not human beings have a hard service on earth, and are not their days like the days of a laborer?
‘Do not human beings have a hard service on earth, and are not their days like the days of a labourer?
Isn’t slavery everyone’s condition on earth, our days like those of a hired worker?
“Is not man forced to labor on earth? And are not his days like the days of a hired man?
“Has not man a hard service on earth, and are not his days like the days of a hired hand?
Is not life on earth a drudgery, its days like those of a hireling?
“Is a person not forced to labor on earth, And are his days not like the days of a hired worker?
“·People have [L Do not people have…?] a hard ·task [service] on earth, and their days are like those of a [L hired] laborer [C hard work with little profit].
“Does not man have hard labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired laborer?
“Has not man a hard service upon earth, and are not his days like the days of a hireling?
Job continued, “Don’t all human beings have to work hard on this earth? Aren’t their days like the days of hired workers?
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
“Human life on earth is like serving in the army; yes, we drudge through our days like a hired worker,
‘Do not human beings have a hard service on earth, and are not their days like the days of a labourer?
Is there not a tzava (forced hard service in the army) to enosh (man) upon earth? Are not his days also like the yamim of a sachir (hired laborer)?
“Isn’t a mortal’s stay on earth difficult like a hired hand’s daily work?
“Is there not a time of hard service for a man upon earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hired worker?
“People have a hard struggle on earth. Their life is like that of a hired worker.
“Man has a hard task on earth. His days are like those of a hired man.
“Does not a human being have hard service on earth? And are not his days like the days of a laborer?
‘Do not mortals have hard service on earth? Are not their days like those of hired labourers?
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