What is man, that he can be clean? Or he that is born of a woman, that he can be righteous?
Psalm 144:3 - Revised Standard Version O Lord, what is man that thou dost regard him, or the son of man that thou dost think of him? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! Or the son of man, that thou makest account of him! Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Lord, what is man that You take notice of him? Or [the] son of man that You take account of him? [Job 7:17; Ps. 8:4; Heb. 2:6.] American Standard Version (1901) Jehovah, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that thou makest account of him? Common English Bible What are human beings, LORD, that you know them at all? What are human beings that you even consider them? Catholic Public Domain Version The Lord is great and exceedingly praiseworthy. And there is no end to his greatness. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: and of his greatness there is no end. |
What is man, that he can be clean? Or he that is born of a woman, that he can be righteous?
What is man, that thou dost make so much of him, and that thou dost set thy mind upon him,
what is man that thou art mindful of him, and the son of man that thou dost care for him?
Yet thou hast made him little less than God, and dost crown him with glory and honor.
Turn away from man in whose nostrils is breath, for of what account is he?
It has been testified somewhere, “What is man that thou art mindful of him, or the son of man, that thou carest for him?