Job 7:17
What is man that you should pay attention to him, 1 that you should set your mind on him, 1
Unlocked Literal 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 wish to always be alive; 1 let me alone for my days are useless. 1
18that you should observe him every morning 1 and test him every moment? 1
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:14After whom has the king of Israel come out? After whom do you pursue? After a dead dog! After a flea!
Job 14:3Do you look at any of these? 1 Do you bring me into judgment with you? 1
Psalms 8:4Of what importance is the human race that you notice them, 1 or mankind that you pay attention to them? 1
Psalms 144:3Yahweh, what is man that you take notice of him 1 or the son of man that you think about him? 1
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 →