Job 7:17 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“What {is} man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?”

Job 7:17

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So that my soul chooseth strangling, {and} death rather than my life. {life: Heb. bones}

I loathe {it}; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days {are} vanity.

What {is} man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

And {that} thou shouldest visit him every morning, {and} try him every moment?

How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

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Job 7:1

"{Is there} not an appointed time to man upon earth? {are not} his days also like the days of an hireling? {an appointed...: or, a warfare}"

Job 7:2

"As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for {the reward of} his work: {earnestly...: Heb. gapeth after}"

Job 7:3

"So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me."

Job 7:4

"When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. {the night...: Heb. the evening be measured?}"

Job 7:5

"My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome."

Job 7:6

"My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope."

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