Job 7:17 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁷What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

Job 7:17 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hebrews 2:6
But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?
Psalms 8:4
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
Psalms 144:3
LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
Job 34:14-15
If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; …
Job 7:12
Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

Topics

Atheism Attributes of God Fasting Gentleness God Guidance Humiliation and Self-Affliction Humility

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 17-21)

Job here reasons with God, I. Concerning his dealings with man in general (Job 7:17, 18): What is man, that thou shouldst magnify him? This may be looked upon either, 1. As a passionate reflection upon the proceedings of divine justice; as if the great God did diminish and disparage himself in contending with man. “Great men think it below them to take cognizance of those who are much their inferi…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 17)

17. (Psa 8:4; 144:3). Job means, “What is man that thou shouldst make him [of so much importance], and that thou shouldst expend such attention [or, heart-thought] upon him” as to make him the subject of so severe trials? Job ought rather to have reasoned from God’s condescending so far to notice man as to try him, that there must be a wise and loving purpose in trial. David uses the same words, i…