Job 7:17 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁷ What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him, And that thou shouldest set thine heart 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 thine eyes upon such an one, And bringest me into judgement with thee?

Job 22:2

Can a man be profitable unto God? Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.

Job 25:6

How much less man, that is a worm! And the son of man, which is a worm!

Job 7:12

Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That thou settest a watch over me?

Psalm 144:3

LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that thou makest account of him?

Psalm 8:4

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

Psalm 8:5

For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest him with glory and honour.

Hebrews 2:6

But one hath somewhere testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? Or the son of man, that thou visitest him?

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.