Do you fix your eyes on such a one? Do you bring me into judgment with you?
Job 7:17 - New Revised Standard Version What are human beings, that you make so much of them, that you set your mind on them, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? And that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him, And that thou shouldest set thy mind upon him, Common English Bible What are human beings, that you exalt them, that you take note of them, Catholic Public Domain Version 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 What is a man that thou shouldst magnify him? Or why dost thou set thy heart upon him? |
Do you fix your eyes on such a one? Do you bring me into judgment with you?
“Can a mortal be of use to God? Can even the wisest be of service to him?
how much less a mortal, who is a maggot, and a human being, who is a worm!”
O Lord, what are human beings that you regard them, or mortals that you think of them?
what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them?
Yet you have made them a little lower than God, and crowned them with glory and honor.
But someone has testified somewhere, “What are human beings that you are mindful of them, or mortals, that you care for them?
Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue? A dead dog? A single flea?