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# Does not man have hard labor on earth?
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Job poses this negative question to emphasize his awareness that all people experience hard work. It can be translated as a positive statement. Alternate translation: "There is hard labor for every person on earth." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# on earth
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This is a generalization that means for the time people are living on the earth. Alternate translation: "while he lives on the earth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-hyperbole]])
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# Are not his days like the days of a hired man?
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Job poses this negative question to emphasize his awareness that all people struggle in life. Alternate translation: "And their days are like the days of a hired man." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])
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# a hired man
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"a day laborer." This is a man who worked jobs one day at a time and was paid at the end of every day.