Job 7:17
What is man, that thou doest magnifie him, and that thou settest thine heart vpon him?
Geneva Bible 1599
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 abhorre it, I shall not liue alway: spare me then, for my dayes are but vanitie.
18And doest visite him euery morning, and tryest him euery moment?
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:14According as the olde prouerbe sayeth, Wickednesse proceedeth from the wicked, but mine hand be not vpon thee.
Job 14:3And yet thou openest thine eyes vpon such one, and causest me to enter into iudgement with thee.
Psalms 8:4What is man, say I, that thou art mindefull of him? and the sonne of man, that thou visitest him?
Psalms 144:3Lord, what is man that thou regardest him! or the sonne of man that thou thinkest vpon 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 →