Job 7:17
What is man, that thou should magnify him, and that thou should set thy mind upon him,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
In Context
16I loathe [my life]. I would not live always. Let me alone, for my days are vanity.
18and that thou should visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:14After whom is the king of Israel come out? After whom do thou pursue? After a dead dog, after a flea.
Job 14:3And do thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bring me into judgment with thee?
Psalms 8:4what is man that thou remember him? And the son of man that thou succor him?
Psalms 144:3LORD, what is man, that thou take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that thou make account of him?
Matthew Henry on Job 7:8-17
7 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good. 8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. 9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. 10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. 11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. 12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou… Read the whole commentary →