Isn’t mankind consigned to forced labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?

“人在世上岂无争战吗？他的日子不像雇工人的日子吗？

“人在世上岂无劳役呢？他的日子不像雇工的日子吗？

“人在世上岂无劳役呢？他的日子不像雇工的日子吗？

“人生在世岂不像服劳役吗？他有生之年岂不像个雇工吗？

“人在世上怎能没有劳役呢？他的日子不像雇工的日子吗？

人在世上豈無爭戰嗎？他的日子不像雇工人的日子嗎？

「人在世上豈無勞役呢？他的日子不像雇工的日子嗎？

「人在世上豈無勞役呢？他的日子不像雇工的日子嗎？

「人生在世豈不像服勞役嗎？他有生之年豈不像個雇工嗎？

“人在世上怎能沒有勞役呢？他的日子不像雇工的日子嗎？

『人在世上哪裏沒有勞役呢？他的日子不像雇工人的日子麼？

人在於世、無戰爭乎、其日不猶傭人之日乎、

人生苦境終其年、猶工勞瘁畢其生。

人生於世、如在戰場、如傭工度日、

“ Do not mortals have hard service on earth? Are not their days like those of hired laborers?

Job continued,“ Don’t all human beings have to work hard on this earth? Aren’t their days like the days of hired workers?

“ Has not man a hard service on earth, and are not his days like the days of a hired hand?

“ Is not all human life a struggle? Our lives are like that of a hired hand,

Isn’t each person consigned to forced labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired worker?

“ Is a person not forced to labor on earth, And are his days not like the days of a hired worker?

“ 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 a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days 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?

“ Does not humanity have hard service on earth? Are not their days also like the days of a hired man?

“ Isn’t a man forced to labor on earth? Aren’t his days like the days of a hired hand?

“ Lord, reveal to me the end of my life and the number of my days. Let me know how short-lived I am.

Since man’s days are determined and the number of his months depends on You, and since You have set limits he cannot pass,look away from him and let him rest so that he can enjoy his day like a hired hand.

If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger passes. If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me.When a man dies, will he come back to life? If so, I would wait all the days of my struggle until my relief comes.

“ Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I am going to add 15 years to your life.

But mankind is born for trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.

No one has authority over the wind to restrain it, and there is no authority over the day of death; there is no furlough in battle, and wickedness will not allow those who practice it to escape.

“ Aren’t there 12 hours in a day?” Jesus answered.“ If anyone walks during the day, he doesn’t stumble, because he sees the light of this world.If anyone walks during the night, he does stumble, because the light is not in him.”

“ For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.After agreeing with the workers on one denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard.When he went out about nine in the morning, he saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.To those men he said,‘ You also go to my vineyard, and I’ll give you whatever is right.’ So off they went.About noon and at three, he went out again and did the same thing.Then about five he went and found others standing around, and said to them,‘ Why have you been standing here all day doing nothing?’“‘ Because no one hired us,’ they said to him.“‘ You also go to my vineyard,’ he told them.When evening came, the owner of the vineyard told his foreman,‘ Call the workers and give them their pay, starting with the last and ending with the first.’“ When those who were hired about five came, they each received one denarius.So when the first ones came, they assumed they would get more, but they also received a denarius each.When they received it, they began to complain to the landowner:‘ These last men put in one hour, and you made them equal to us who bore the burden of the day and the burning heat!’“ He replied to one of them,‘ Friend, I’m doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me on a denarius?Take what’s yours and go. I want to give this last man the same as I gave you.Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my business? Are you jealous because I’m generous?’

For the Lord said this to me:“ Within one year, as a hired worker counts years, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.

Do not regard it as a hardship when you set him free, because he worked for you six years— worth twice the wages of a hired hand. Then the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.

The one who purchased him is to calculate the time from the year he sold himself to him until the Year of Jubilee. The price of his sale will be determined by the number of years. It will be set for him like the daily wages of a hired hand.

“ Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and announce to her that her time of forced labor is over, her iniquity has been pardoned, and she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.”