Job 7:17

Job 7:17 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

17“What is mankind that you make so much of them,

that you give them so much attention,

17“What is man that You exalt him,

And that You are concerned about him,

17“What is man that You [should] magnify him [and think him important]?

And that You are concerned about him? [Ps 8:4]

17What is man that You should exalt him,

that You should set Your heart upon him,

17What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him,

And that thou shouldest set thy mind upon him,

17What is man, that thou doest magnifie him, and that thou settest thine heart vpon him?

17What is man, that you should magnify him,

that you should set your mind on him,

17“What are human beings that you think so much of them?

What are they that you pay so much attention to them?

17Why do you think that people are important?

Why do you watch us so carefully?

17What [is] man that You magnify him? And that You set Your heart to him?