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Isn’t each person consigned to forced labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired worker?
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American Standard Version
Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?
English Standard Version
“Has not man a hard service on earth, and are not his days like the days of a hired hand?
King James Version
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
New American Standard Bible
“Is a person not forced to labor on earth, And are his days not like the days of a hired worker?
New International Version
“Do not mortals have hard service on earth? Are not their days like those of hired laborers?
New King James Version
“ Is there not a time of hard service for man on earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hired man?
New Living Translation
“Is not all human life a struggle? Our lives are like that of a hired hand,
World English Bible
“Isn’t a man forced to labor on earth? Aren’t his days like the days of a hired hand?