Job 7:17
What is man, that you should magnify him? and that you should set yours heart upon him?
Updated King James 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 loathe it; I would not live always: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
18And that you should visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:14After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom do you pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
Job 14:3And does you open yours eyes upon such an one, and bring me into judgment with you?
Psalms 8:4What is man, that you are mindful of him? and the son of man, that you visit him?
Psalms 144:3LORD, what is man, that you take knowledge of him! or the son of man, that you make account 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 →