World English Bible
"What is man, that you should magnify him, that you should set your mind on him,"
— Job 7:17, World English 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, ”
“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, death rather than my bones.
I loathe my life. I don't want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
What is man, that you should magnify him, that you should set your mind on him,
that you should visit him every morning, and test him every moment?
How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle?
If I have sinned, what do I do to you, you watcher of men? Why have you set me as a mark for you, so that I am a burden to myself?