"What {is} man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?" — Job 7:17

Job 7:17 · KJV

“What {is} man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?”

— Job 7:17

I loathe {it}; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days {are} vanity.

And {that} thou shouldest visit him every morning, {and} try him every moment?

Job 7 — Context

So that my soul chooseth strangling, {and} death rather than my life. {life: Heb. bones}

I loathe {it}; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days {are} vanity.

What {is} man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

And {that} thou shouldest visit him every morning, {and} try him every moment?

How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

Cross References

Hebrews 2:6

But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?

Psalms 8:4

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

Psalms 144:3

LORD, what {is} man, that thou takest knowledge of him! {or} the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

Job 34:14-15

If he set his heart upon man, {if} he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; {man: Heb. him}

Job 7:12

{Am} I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

1 Samuel 24:14

After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.