Verse 17
Job 7:17
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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What is a man that thou shouldst magnify him? or why dost thou set thy heart upon him?
Original Language Text
hebrew
מָֽה אֱ֭נוֹשׁ כִּ֣י תְגַדְּלֶ֑/נּוּ וְ/כִי תָשִׁ֖ית אֵלָ֣י/ו לִבֶּֽ/ךָ
English Translation
What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him?
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 7 Context
1
The life of man upon earth is a warfare, and his days are like the days of a hireling.
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As a servant longeth for the shade, as the hireling looketh for the end of his work;
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3
So I also have had empty months, and have numbered to myself wearisome nights.
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If I lie down to sleep, I shall say: When shall arise? and again I shall look for the evening, and s...
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5
My flesh is clothed with rottenness and the filth of dust, my skin is withered and drawn together.
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My days have passed more swiftly than the web is cut by the weaver, and are consumed without any hop...
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7
Remember that my life is but wind, and my eyes shall not return to see good things.
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8
Nor shall the sight of man behold me: thy eyes are upon me, and I shall be no more.
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9
As a cloud is consumed, and passeth away: so he that shall go down to hell shall not come up.
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10
Nor shall he return my more into his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
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11
Wherefore I will not spare my month, I will speak in the affliction of my spirit: I will talk with t...
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12
Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou hast enclosed me in a prison?
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13
If I say: My bed shall comfort me, and I shall be relieved speaking with myself on my couch:
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14
Thou wilt frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions.
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15
So that my soul rather chooseth hanging, and my bones death.
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16
I have done with hope, I shall now live no longer: spare me, for my days are nothing.
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17
What is a man that thou shouldst magnify him? or why dost thou set thy heart upon him?
18
Thou visitest him early in the morning, and thou provest him suddenly.
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19
How long wilt thou not spare me, nor suffer me to swallow down my spittle?
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20
I have sinned: what shall I do to thee, O keeper of men? why hast thou set me opposite to thee, and...
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21
Why dost thou not remove my sin, and why dost thou not take away my iniquity? Behold now I shall sle...
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