Job 7:17
What is man, that thou makest much of him? and that thou settest thy heart upon him?
Darby Translation
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 it; I shall not live always: let me alone, for my days are a breath.
18And that thou visitest him every morning, triest him every moment?
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:14After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a single flea.
Job 14:3Yet dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
Psalms 8:4What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
Psalms 144:3Jehovah, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him, the son of man, that thou takest thought 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 →