NET Bible
"Insignificance of Humans“What is mankind that you make so much of them, and that you pay attention to them?"
— Job 7:17, NET Bible
“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,”
“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 with visions,
so that I would prefer strangling, and death more than life.
I loathe it; I do not want to live forever; leave me alone, for my days are a vapor!
Insignificance of Humans“What is mankind that you make so much of them, and that you pay attention to them?
And that you visit them every morning, and try them every moment?
Will you never look away from me, will you not let me alone long enough to swallow my spittle?
If I have sinned– what have I done to you, O watcher of men? Why have you set me as your target? Have I become a burden to you?