Job 7:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

What is man, that you should magnify him, and that you should set your heart upon him?

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  • Heb 2:6 : 6 But one testified in a certain place, saying, What is man, that You are mindful of him? Or the son of man, that You visit him?
  • Ps 8:4 : 4 What is man, that you are mindful of him? And the son of man, that you visit him?
  • Ps 144:3 : 3 LORD, what is man, that you take knowledge of him! Or the son of man, that you make account 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 monster, that you set a watch over me?
  • Job 34:14-15 : 14 If He sets His heart upon man, if He gathers to Himself His spirit and His breath, 15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall return again to dust.

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  • Ps 8:4-5
    2 verses
    85%

    4 What is man, that you are mindful of him? And the son of man, that you visit him?

    5 For you have made him a little lower than the angels, and have crowned him with glory and honor.

  • Ps 144:3-4
    2 verses
    84%

    3 LORD, what is man, that you take knowledge of him! Or the son of man, that you make account of him!

    4 Man is like vanity: his days are as a shadow that passes away.

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

  • Heb 2:6-7
    2 verses
    81%

    6 But one testified in a certain place, saying, What is man, that You are mindful of him? Or the son of man, that You visit him?

    7 You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor, and set him over the works of Your hands:

  • Job 15:13-14
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    13 That you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?

    14 What is man, that he should be clean? And 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?

  • 11 Since there are many things that increase vanity, what advantage does man have?

  • Job 10:3-6
    4 verses
    76%

    3 Is it good to You that You should oppress, that You should despise the work of Your hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

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

    5 Are Your days as the days of man? Are Your years as man's days,

    6 That You inquire after my iniquity and search after my sin?

  • 22 Cease from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for how much is he to be accounted of?

  • 6 How much less man, who is a worm, and the son of man, who is a worm?

  • 3 And do You open Your eyes upon such a one and bring me into judgment with You?

  • 1 Is there not an appointed time for man on earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hired worker?

  • 47 Remember how short my time is; why have you made all men in vain?

  • 24 Remember to magnify his work, which men behold.

  • 5 Behold, you have made my days as a handbreadth; and my age is as nothing before you: truly every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

  • Job 7:20-21
    2 verses
    74%

    20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto you, O preserver of men? Why have you set me as a mark against you, so that I am a burden to myself?

    21 And why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now shall I sleep in the dust, and you shall seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

  • 16 I loathe it; I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are vanity.

  • 3 Why are we counted as beasts, and considered vile in your sight?

  • 11 What is my strength, that I should hope? And what is my end, that I should prolong my life?

  • 7 Can you by searching find out God? Can you find out the Almighty to perfection?

  • 12 Am I a sea, or a monster, that you set a watch over me?

  • 19 And this was yet a small thing in your sight, O Lord GOD; but you have spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?

  • 7 Are you the first man that was born? Or were you made before the hills?

  • 2 For what portion of God is there from above? And what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

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

  • 3 You turn man to destruction; and say, Return, you children of men.

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

  • 6 If you sin, what do you do against him? or if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?

  • 9 Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocks another, do you so mock him?

  • 4 As for me, is my complaint to a man? And if it were, why should my spirit not be troubled?

  • Job 33:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12 Behold, in this you are not just; I will answer you, that God is greater than man.

    13 Why do you strive against Him? For He does not give account of any of His matters.

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    2 O you sons of men, how long will you turn my glory into shame? How long will you love vanity, and seek after lies? Selah.

  • Job 34:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13 Who has given Him charge over the earth? Or who has appointed the whole world?

    14 If He sets His heart upon man, if He gathers to Himself His spirit and His breath,

  • 32 For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, and we should come together in judgment.

  • 4 Do you not know this of old, since man was placed on earth,

  • 15 Who is the Almighty that we should serve Him? And what profit do we have if we pray to Him?

  • 13 Consider the work of God, for who can make straight what He has made crooked?

  • 18 I said in my heart concerning the condition of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are like beasts.

  • 11 When you correct a man for iniquity with rebukes, you make his beauty to fade like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.

  • 1 Why do you boast in mischief, O mighty man? The goodness of God endures continually.