OET interlinear JOB 7:1

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

הֲ⁠לֹא־ צָבָ֣א לֶ⁠אֱנ֣וֹשׁ על־ אָ֑רֶץ וְ⁠כִ⁠ימֵ֖י שָׂכִ֣יר יָמָֽי⁠ו

?,not hard_service to,man on earth and,like,days labourer his/its=days

Job is using the question form for emphasis. If you would not use the question form for that purpose in your language, you could translate these questions as statements or as exclamations. Alternate translation: “Man has hardship on earth! Yes, his days are like the days of a hireling!”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

הֲ⁠לֹא־צָבָ֣א לֶ⁠אֱנ֣וֹשׁ על־אָ֑רֶץ

?,not hard_service to,man on earth

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of hardship, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “Life on earth is hard for a man!”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

לֶ⁠אֱנ֣וֹשׁ

to,man

Here the masculine term man has a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use language in your translation that is clearly inclusive of both men and women. Alternate translation: “to a person”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

וְ⁠כִ⁠ימֵ֖י שָׂכִ֣יר יָמָֽי⁠ו

and,like,days labourer his/its=days

Job is using this comparison to say that just as the days of a hireling (that is, someone hired by the day for manual labor) are long and difficult, so his days are long and difficult. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation, as an exclamation: “Yes, his days are long and difficult, like those of a hireling!”