Job Continues: Life Seems Futile
Job 7:17
In 11 translations
- BSB
- What is man that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart upon him,
- KJV
- What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
- WEB
- What is man, that you should magnify him, that you should set your mind on him,
- ASV
- What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him, And that thou shouldest set thy mind upon him,
- LSV
- What [is] man that You magnify him? And that You set Your heart to him?
- YLT
- What [is] man that Thou dost magnify him? And that Thou settest unto him Thy heart?
- DBY
- What is man, that thou makest much of him? and that thou settest thy heart upon him?
- DRC
- What is a man that thou shouldst magnify him? or why dost thou set thy heart upon him?
- GNV
- What is man, that thou doest magnifie him, and that thou settest thine heart vpon him?
- JPS
- What is man, that Thou shouldest magnify him, and that Thou shouldest set Thy heart upon him,
- LXXE
- For what is man, that thou hast magnified him? or that thou givest heed to him?
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- מָֽה־אֱ֭נוֹשׁ כִּ֣י תְגַדְּלֶ֑נּוּ וְכִי־תָשִׁ֖ית אֵלָ֣יו לִבֶּֽךָ׃
- LXX-Br
- Τί γάρ ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος, ὅτι ἐμεγάλυνας αὐτόν; ἢ ὅτι προσέχεις τὸν νοῦν εἰς αὐτόν;
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Cross-references most cited first
- Hebrews 2:6But somewhere it is testified in these words: “What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
- 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?
- Job 34:14–15If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath, all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.
- Job 7:12Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?
- 1 Samuel 24:14Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?
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