17What is man that Thou dost magnify him? And that Thou settest unto him Thy heart?


In Context

14 And thou hast affrighted me with dreams, And from visions thou terrifiest me,

15 And my soul chooseth strangling, Death rather than my bones.

16 I have wasted away — not to the age do I live. Cease from me, for my days are vanity.

17 What is man that Thou dost magnify him? And that Thou settest unto him Thy heart?

18 And inspectest him in the mornings, In the evenings dost try him?

19 How long dost Thou not look from me? Thou dost not desist till I swallow my spittle.

Job 7:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:17What [is] man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:17"What is man that you make so much of him, that you give him so much attention,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:17What is a man that thou shouldst magnify him? or why dost thou set thy heart upon him?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:17What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him, And that thou shouldest set thy mind upon him,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:17What is man, that thou makest much of him? and that thou settest thy heart upon him?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:17What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him, and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:17What is man, that thou shouldst magnify him? and that thou shouldst set thy heart upon him?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:17What is man, that you should magnify him, that you should set your mind on him,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:17What is man, that you should magnify him? and that you should set your heart on him?