Job 7:17
What [is] man that You magnify him? And that You set Your heart to him?
Literal Standard 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 have wasted away—I do not live for all time. Cease from me, for my days [are] vanity.
18And inspect him in the mornings, || [And] in the evenings try him?
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:14After whom has the king of Israel come out? After whom are you pursuing? After a dead dog! After one flea!
Job 14:3Also—on this You have opened Your eyes, and bring me into judgment with You.
Psalms 8:4What [is] man that You remember him? The son of man that You inspect him?
Psalms 144:3YHWH, what [is] man that You know him? The son of man, that You esteem 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 →