Job 7:17
What is man, that you should praise him? Or why do you place your heart near him?
Catholic Public Domain 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 despair; by no means will I live any longer. Spare me, for my days are nothing.
18You visit him at dawn, and you test him unexpectedly.
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:14So too, it is said in the ancient proverb, ‘From the impious, impiety will go forth.’ Therefore, my hand will not be upon you.
Job 14:3And do you consider it fitting to look down with your eyes on someone in this way and to lead him into judgment with you?
Psalms 8:4For I will behold your heavens, the works of your fingers: the moon and the stars, which you have founded.
Psalms 144:3The Lord is great and exceedingly praiseworthy. And there is no end to his greatness.
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 →