Job 7:1
“"Isn't a man forced to labor on earth? Aren't his days like the days of a hired hand?”
— Job 7:1
About this verse
Job 7:1 comes from the book of Job, written during the Divided Kingdom (~930 BC) period. The setting is ash heap. These words are attributed to Job. The dominant emotion in this verse is grieving, with a comfort power of 60% and a tone that is lamenting. It belongs to the dialogue genre of biblical literature. Key themes include human condition, mortality. Notable phrases: forced to labor on earth; days of a hired hand.
Speaker
Job
Era
Divided Kingdom (~930 BC)
Emotion
grieving
Type
dialogue
Emotional genome
Comfort power
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