Job 7:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Insignificance of Humans“What is mankind that you make so much of them, and that you pay attention to them?

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Referenced Verses

  • Heb 2:6 : 6 Instead someone testified somewhere:“What is man that you think of him or the son of man that you care for him?
  • Ps 8:4 : 4 Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should pay attention to them?
  • Ps 144:3 : 3 O LORD, of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should be concerned about them?
  • 1 Sam 24:14 : 14 Who has the king of Israel come out after? Who is it that you are pursuing? A dead dog? A single flea?
  • Job 7:12 : 12 Am I the sea, or the creature of the deep, that you must put me under guard?
  • Job 34:14-15 : 14 If God were to set his heart on it, and gather in his spirit and his breath, 15 all flesh would perish together and human beings would return to dust.

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  • Ps 8:4-5
    2 verses
    85%

    4Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should pay attention to them?

    5You made them a little less than the heavenly beings. You crowned mankind with honor and majesty.

  • Ps 144:3-4
    2 verses
    84%

    3O LORD, of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should be concerned about them?

    4People are like a vapor, their days like a shadow that disappears.

  • Job 7:18
    83%

    18And that you visit them every morning, and try them every moment?

  • Heb 2:6-7
    2 verses
    81%

    6Instead someone testified somewhere:“What is man that you think of him or the son of man that you care for him?

    7You made him lower than the angels for a little while. You crowned him with glory and honor.

  • Job 15:13-14
    2 verses
    78%

    13when you turn your rage against God and allow such words to escape from your mouth?

    14What is man that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

  • Job 4:17
    77%

    17“Is a mortal man righteous before God? Or a man pure before his Creator?

  • Eccl 6:11
    77%

    11The more one argues with words, the less he accomplishes. How does that benefit him?

  • Job 10:3-6
    4 verses
    76%

    3Is it good for you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands, while you smile on the schemes of the wicked?

    4Motivations of God“Do you have eyes of flesh, or do you see as a human being sees?

    5Are your days like the days of a mortal, or your years like the years of a mortal,

    6that you must search out my iniquity, and inquire about my sin,

  • Isa 2:22
    76%

    22Stop trusting in human beings, whose life’s breath is in their nostrils. For why should they be given special consideration?

  • Job 25:6
    75%

    6how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot– a son of man, who is only a worm!”

  • Job 14:3
    75%

    3Do you fix your eye on such a one? And do you bring me before you for judgment?

  • Job 7:1
    75%

    1The Brevity of Life“Does not humanity have hard service on earth? Are not their days also like the days of a hired man?

  • Ps 89:47
    75%

    47Take note of my brief lifespan! Why do you make all people so mortal?

  • Job 36:24
    75%

    24Remember to extol his work, which people have praised in song.

  • Ps 39:5
    74%

    5Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.(Selah)

  • Job 7:20-21
    2 verses
    74%

    20If 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?

    21And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, and you will seek me diligently, but I will be gone.”

  • Job 7:16
    74%

    16I loathe it; I do not want to live forever; leave me alone, for my days are a vapor!

  • Job 18:3
    74%

    3Why should we be regarded as beasts, and considered stupid in your sight?

  • Job 6:11
    73%

    11What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?

  • Job 11:7
    73%

    7“Can you discover the essence of God? Can you find out the perfection of the Almighty?

  • Job 7:12
    73%

    12Am I the sea, or the creature of the deep, that you must put me under guard?

  • 2 Sam 7:19
    72%

    19And you didn’t stop there, O LORD God! You have also spoken about the future of your servant’s family. Is this your usual way of dealing with men, O Sovereign LORD?

  • Job 15:7
    72%

    7“Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?

  • Job 31:2
    72%

    2What then would be one’s lot from God above, one’s heritage from the Almighty on high?

  • Job 40:8
    72%

    8Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?

  • Ps 90:3
    72%

    3You make mankind return to the dust, and say,“Return, O people!”

  • Job 31:14
    72%

    14then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; when he intervenes, how will I respond to him?

  • Job 35:6
    72%

    6If you sin, how does it affect God? If your transgressions are many, what does it do to him?

  • Job 13:9
    72%

    9Would it turn out well if he would examine you? Or as one deceives a man would you deceive him?

  • Job 21:4
    72%

    4Is my complaint against a man? If so, why should I not be impatient?

  • Job 33:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12Now in this, you are not right– I answer you, for God is greater than a human being.

    13Why do you contend against him, that he does not answer all a person’s words?

  • Ps 4:2
    71%

    2You men, how long will you try to turn my honor into shame? How long will you love what is worthless and search for what is deceptive?(Selah)

  • Job 34:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13Who entrusted to him the earth? And who put him over the whole world?

    14If God were to set his heart on it, and gather in his spirit and his breath,

  • Job 9:32
    71%

    32For he is not a human being like I am, that I might answer him, that we might come together in judgment.

  • Job 20:4
    71%

    4“Surely you know that it has been from old, ever since humankind was placed on the earth,

  • Job 21:15
    71%

    15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we gain if we were to pray to him?’

  • Eccl 7:13
    71%

    13Wisdom Acknowledges God’s Orchestration of Life Consider the work of God: For who can make straight what he has bent?

  • Eccl 3:18
    71%

    18I also thought to myself,“It is for the sake of people, so God can clearly show them that they are like animals.

  • Ps 39:11
    71%

    11You severely discipline people for their sins; like a moth you slowly devour their strength. Surely all people are a mere vapor.(Selah)

  • Ps 52:1
    71%

    1For the music director; a well-written song by David. It was written when Doeg the Edomite went and informed Saul:“David has arrived at the home of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast about your evil plans, O powerful man? God’s loyal love protects me all day long!