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Job 7:17 Cross-References
Explore 5 cross-references for Job 7:17 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 7 verse 17 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?”
Job 7:17 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 7:17
What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?Job's anguished question inverts Psalm 8:4's worshipful wonder ("What is man, that thou art mindful of him?") into bitter complaint. The Hebrew enosh ("man") emphasizes human frailty and mortality, unlike adam (humanity) or ish (individual man). Gadal ("magnify") means to make great or important - Job questions why God pays such intense attention to insignificant humanity.Sum leb ("set thine heart") means to direct attention, care, or purpose toward something. Job's complaint: if humans are so insign...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 7:17
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“saying”
“that you think of him? What is the son of man”
“what is man”
“If he gathered to himself his spirit and his breath”
“or a sea monster”