Job 7:17

Geneva Bible (1560)

What is man, that thou doest magnifie him, and that thou settest thine heart vpon him?

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Referenced Verses

  • Heb 2:6 : 6 But one in a certaine place witnessed, saying, What is man, that thou shouldest bee mindefull of him? Or the sonne of man, that thou wouldest consider him?
  • Ps 8:4 : 4 What is man, say I, that thou art mindefull of him? and the sonne of man, that thou visitest him?
  • Ps 144:3 : 3 Lorde, what is man that thou regardest him! or the sonne of man that thou thinkest vpon him!
  • 1 Sam 24:14 : 14 (24:15) After whom is the King of Israel come out? after whome doest thou pursue? after a dead dog, and after a flea?
  • Job 7:12 : 12 Am I a sea or a whalefish, that thou keepest me in warde?
  • Job 34:14-15 : 14 If he set his heart vpon man, and gather vnto him selfe his spirit and his breath, 15 All flesh shal perish together, and man shal returne vnto dust.

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  • Ps 8:4-5
    2 verses
    85%

    4What is man, say I, that thou art mindefull of him? and the sonne of man, that thou visitest him?

    5For thou hast made him a little lower then God, and crowned him with glory and worship.

  • Ps 144:3-4
    2 verses
    84%

    3Lorde, what is man that thou regardest him! or the sonne of man that thou thinkest vpon him!

    4Man is like to vanitie: his dayes are like a shadow, that vanisheth.

  • Job 7:18
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    18And doest visite him euery morning, and tryest him euery moment?

  • Heb 2:6-7
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    81%

    6But one in a certaine place witnessed, saying, What is man, that thou shouldest bee mindefull of him? Or the sonne of man, that thou wouldest consider him?

    7Thou madest him a litle inferiour to ye Angels: thou crownedst him with glory & honour, and hast set him aboue the workes of thine hands.

  • Job 15:13-14
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    78%

    13That thou answerest to God at thy pleasure, and bringest such wordes out of thy mouth?

    14What is man, that he should be cleane? and he that is borne of woman, that he shoulde be iust?

  • Job 4:17
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    17Shall man be more iust then God? or shall a man be more pure then his maker?

  • Eccl 6:11
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    11(7:1) Svrely there be many things that increase vanitie: and what auaileth it man?

  • Job 10:3-6
    4 verses
    76%

    3Thinkest thou it good to oppresse me, and to cast off the labour of thine handes, and to fauour the counsel of the wicked?

    4Hast thou carnall eyes? Or doest thou see as man seeth?

    5Are thy dayes as mans dayes? Or thy yeres, as the time of man,

    6That thou inquirest of mine iniquitie, and searchest out my sinne?

  • Isa 2:22
    76%

    22Cease you from the man whose breath is in his nostrels: for wherein is he to be esteemed?

  • Job 25:6
    75%

    6How much more man, a worme, euen the sonne of man, which is but a worme?

  • Job 14:3
    75%

    3And yet thou openest thine eyes vpon such one, and causest me to enter into iudgement with thee.

  • Job 7:1
    75%

    1Is there not an appointed time to man vpon earth? and are not his dayes as the dayes of an hyreling?

  • Ps 89:47
    75%

    47Remember of what time I am: wherefore shouldest thou create in vaine all the children of men?

  • Job 36:24
    75%

    24Remember that thou magnifie his worke, which men behold.

  • Ps 39:5
    74%

    5Beholde, thou hast made my dayes as an hand breadth, and mine age as nothing in respect of thee: surely euery man in his best state is altogether vanitie. Selah.

  • Job 7:20-21
    2 verses
    74%

    20I haue sinned, what shal I do vnto thee? O thou preseruer of me, why hast thou set me as a marke against thee, so that I am a burden vnto my selfe?

    21And why doest thou not pardon my trespasse? and take away mine iniquitie? for nowe shall I sleepe in the dust, and if thou seekest me in the morning, I shall not be found.

  • Job 7:16
    74%

    16I abhorre it, I shall not liue alway: spare me then, for my dayes are but vanitie.

  • Job 18:3
    74%

    3Wherefore are wee counted as beastes, and are vile in your sight?

  • Job 6:11
    73%

    11What power haue I that I should endure? or what is mine end, if I should prolong my life?

  • Job 11:7
    73%

    7Canst thou by searching finde out God? canst thou finde out ye Almighty to his perfection?

  • Job 7:12
    73%

    12Am I a sea or a whalefish, that thou keepest me in warde?

  • 2 Sam 7:19
    72%

    19And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God, therefore thou hast spoken also of thy seruants house for a great while: but doth this apperteine to man, O Lord God?

  • Job 15:7
    72%

    7Art thou the first man, that was borne? and wast thou made before the hils?

  • Job 31:2
    72%

    2For what portion should I haue of God from aboue? and what inheritance of the Almightie from on hie?

  • Job 40:8
    72%

    8(40:3) Wilt thou disanul my iudgement? or wilt thou condemne me, that thou mayst be iustified?

  • Ps 90:3
    72%

    3Thou turnest man to destruction: againe thou sayest, Returne, ye sonnes of Adam.

  • Job 31:14
    72%

    14What then shal I do when God standeth vp? & when he shal visit me, what shal I answere?

  • Job 35:6
    72%

    6If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him, yea, when thy sinnes be many, what doest thou vnto him?

  • Job 13:9
    72%

    9Is it well that he shoulde seeke of you? will you make a lye for him, as one lyeth for a man?

  • Job 21:4
    72%

    4Doe I direct my talke to man? If it were so, how should not my spirit be troubled?

  • Job 33:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12Behold, in this hast thou not done right: I will answere thee, that God is greater then man.

    13Why doest thou striue against him? for he doeth not giue account of all his matters.

  • Ps 4:2
    71%

    2O ye sonnes of men, howe long will yee turne my glory into shame, louing vanitie, and seeking lyes? Selah.

  • Job 34:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13Whome hath he appointed ouer the earth beside him selfe? or who hath placed the whole worlde?

    14If he set his heart vpon man, and gather vnto him selfe his spirit and his breath,

  • Job 9:32
    71%

    32For he is not a man as I am, that I shoulde answere him, if we come together to iudgement.

  • Job 20:4
    71%

    4Knowest thou not this of olde? and since God placed man vpon the earth,

  • Job 21:15
    71%

    15Who is the Almightie, that we should serue him? and what profit should we haue, if we should pray vnto him?

  • Eccl 7:13
    71%

    13(7:15) Beholde the worke of God: for who can make straight that which he hath made crooked?

  • Eccl 3:18
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    18I considered in mine heart the state of the children of men that God had purged them: yet to see to, they are in themselues as beastes.

  • Ps 39:11
    71%

    11When thou with rebukes doest chastise man for iniquitie, thou as a mothe makest his beautie to consume: surely euery man is vanitie. Selah.

  • Ps 52:1
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    1To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid to giue instruction. When Doeg the Edomite came and shewed Saul, and saide to him, Dauid is come to the house of Abimelech. Why boastest thou thy selfe in thy wickednesse, O man of power? the louing kindenesse of God indureth dayly.