Job 7:17
What is man that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart upon him,
Majority Standard Bible
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 forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
18that You attend to him every morning, and test him every moment?
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:14Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?
Job 14:3Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?
Psalms 8:4what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
Psalms 144:3O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think 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 →