American King James Version
"What is man, that you should magnify him? and that you should set your heart on him? "
— Job 7:17, American King James Version
“What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?”
“What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him, And that thou shouldest set thy mind upon him, ”
“What is man, that you should magnify him, that you should set your mind on him,”
“Insignificance of Humans“What is mankind that you make so much of them, and that you pay attention to them?”
“What is a man, that thou shouldst magnify him or why dost thou set thy heart upon him?”
“What is man, that you have made him great, and that your attention is fixed on him,”
“What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?”
Then you scare me with dreams, and terrify me through visions:
So that my soul chooses strangling, and death rather than my life.
I loathe it; I would not live always: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
What is man, that you should magnify him? and that you should set your heart on him?
And that you should visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
How long will you not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
I have sinned; what shall I do to you, O you preserver of men? why have you set me as a mark against you, so that I am a burden to myself?