Catholic Public Domain Version
"What is man, that you should praise him? Or why do you place your heart near him? "
— Job 7:17, Catholic Public Domain 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 will frighten me with dreams, and strike dread through visions,
so that, because of these things, my soul would choose hanging, and my bones, death.
I despair; by no means will I live any longer. Spare me, for my days are nothing.
What is man, that you should praise him? Or why do you place your heart near him?
You visit him at dawn, and you test him unexpectedly.
How long will you not spare me, nor release me to ingest my saliva?
I have sinned; what should I do for you, O keeper of men? Why have you set me against you, so that I have become burdensome even to myself?