Job 7:17 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁷ What is man, that thou dost make so much of him, and that thou dost set thy mind upon him,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? And that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ What is man that You should magnify him and think him important? And that You should set Your mind upon him? [Ps. 8:4.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him, And that thou shouldest set thy mind upon him,

Common English Bible

¹⁷ What are human beings, that you exalt them, that you take note of them,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ What is man, that you should praise him? Or why do you place your heart near him?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ What is a man that thou shouldst magnify him? Or why dost thou set thy heart upon him?

Job 7:17 Cross References

Job 14:3

And dost thou open thy eyes upon such a one and bring him into judgment with thee?

Job 22:2

“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

Job 25:6

how much less man, who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm!”

Job 7:12

Am I the sea, or a sea monster, that thou settest a guard over me?

Psalm 144:3

O Lord, what is man that thou dost regard him, or the son of man that thou dost think of him?

Psalm 8:4

what is man that thou art mindful of him, and the son of man that thou dost care for him?

Psalm 8:5

Yet thou hast made him little less than God, and dost crown him with glory and honor.

Hebrews 2:6

It has been testified somewhere, “What is man that thou art mindful of him, or the son of man, that thou carest for him?

1 Samuel 24:14

After whom has the king of Israel come out? After whom do you pursue? After a dead dog! After a flea!