Job 7:17
What is the mortal, that thou shouldst make him great? and that thou shouldst direct thy heart toward him?
Leeser Tanakh
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 cannot live for ever: let me alone; for my days are but nought.
18And that thou shouldst visit him every morning, probe him every moment?
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:14After whom is the king of Israel gone out? after whom art thou pursuing? after a dead dog, after a single flea.
Job 14:3And yet on such a one dost thou open thy eyes, and me thou bringest into judgment with thee?
Psalms 8:4(8:5) What is the mortal, that thou rememberest him? and the son of man, that thou thinkest of him:
Psalms 144:3Lord, what is man, that thou takest cognizance of him: the son of a mortal, that thou regardest 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 →