Job 7:17

Webster's Bible (1833)

What is man, that you should magnify him, That you should set your mind on him,

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Referenced Verses

  • Heb 2:6 : 6 But one has somewhere testified, saying, "What is man, that you think of him? Or the son of man, that you care for him?
  • Ps 8:4 : 4 What is man, that you think of him? The son of man, that you care for him?
  • Ps 144:3 : 3 Yahweh, what is man, that you care for him? Or the son of man, that you think of him?
  • 1 Sam 24:14 : 14 After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom do you pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
  • Job 7:12 : 12 Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That you put a guard over me?
  • Job 34:14-15 : 14 If he set his heart on himself, If he gathered to himself his spirit and his breath; 15 All flesh would perish together, And man would turn again to dust.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 8:4-5
    2 verses
    85%

    4What is man, that you think of him? The son of man, that you care for him?

    5For you have made him a little lower than God,{Hebrew: Elohim} And crowned him with glory and honor.

  • Ps 144:3-4
    2 verses
    84%

    3Yahweh, what is man, that you care for him? Or the son of man, that you think of him?

    4Man is like a breath. His days are like a shadow that passes away.

  • 18That you should visit him every morning, And test him every moment?

  • Heb 2:6-7
    2 verses
    81%

    6But one has somewhere testified, saying, "What is man, that you think of him? Or the son of man, that you care for him?

    7You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.{TR adds "and set him over the works of your hands"}

  • Job 15:13-14
    2 verses
    78%

    13That you turn your spirit against God, And let such words go out of your mouth?

    14What is man, that he should be clean? He who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

  • 17'Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?

  • 11For there are many words that create vanity. What does that profit man?

  • Job 10:3-6
    4 verses
    76%

    3Is it good to you that you should oppress, That you should despise the work of your hands, And smile on the counsel of the wicked?

    4Do you have eyes of flesh? Or do you see as man sees?

    5Are your days as the days of mortals, Or your years as man's years,

    6That you inquire after my iniquity, And search after my sin?

  • 22Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; For of what account is he?

  • 6How much less man, who is a worm! The son of man, who is a worm!"

  • 3Do you open your eyes on such a one, And bring me into judgment with you?

  • 1"Isn't a man forced to labor on earth? Aren't his days like the days of a hired hand?

  • 47Remember how short my time is! For what vanity have you created all the children of men!

  • 24"Remember that you magnify his work, Whereof men have sung.

  • 5Behold, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath." Selah.

  • Job 7:20-21
    2 verses
    74%

    20If 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?

    21Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I shall not be."

  • 16I loathe my life. I don't want to live forever. Leave me alone; for my days are but a breath.

  • 3Why are we counted as animals, Which have become unclean in your sight?

  • 11What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?

  • 7"Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?

  • 12Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That you put a guard over me?

  • 19This was yet a small thing in your eyes, Lord Yahweh; but you have spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come; and this [too] after the manner of men, Lord Yahweh!

  • 7"Are you the first man who was born? Or were you brought forth before the hills?

  • 2For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high?

  • 8Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

  • 3You turn man to destruction, saying, "Return, you children of men."

  • 14What then shall I do when God rises up? When he visits, what shall I answer him?

  • 6If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?

  • 9Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceives a man, will you deceive him?

  • 4As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn't I be impatient?

  • Job 33:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12"Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just; For God is greater than man.

    13Why do you strive against him, Because he doesn't give account of any of his matters?

  • 71%

    2You sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will you love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah.

  • Job 34:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13Who gave him a charge over the earth? Or who has appointed him over the whole world?

    14If he set his heart on himself, If he gathered to himself his spirit and his breath;

  • 32For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment.

  • 4Don't you know this from old time, Since man was placed on earth,

  • 15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?'

  • 13Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?

  • 18I said in my heart, "As for the sons of men, God tests them, so that they may see that they themselves are like animals.

  • 11When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, You consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath." Selah.

  • 1> Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God's loving kindness endures continually.