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Job 7:17

NETBible	“What is mankind¹ that you make so much of them,² and that you pay attention³ to them?
NIV © biblegateway Job 7:17	"What is man that you make so much of him, that you give him so much attention,
NASB © biblegateway Job 7:17	"What is man that You magnify him, And that You are concerned about him,
NLT © biblegateway Job 7:17	"What are mere mortals, that you should make so much of us?
MSG © biblegateway Job 7:17	"What are mortals anyway, that you bother with them, that you even give them the time of day?
BBE © SABDAweb Job 7:17	What is man, that you have made him great, and that your attention is fixed on him,
NRSV © bibleoremus Job 7:17	What are human beings, that you make so much of them, that you set your mind on them,
NKJV © biblegateway Job 7:17	"What is man, that You should exalt him, That You should set Your heart on him,
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KJV	What [is] man <0582>_, that thou shouldest magnify <01431> (8762) him? and that thou shouldest set <07896> (8799) thine heart <03820> upon him?
NASB © biblegateway Job 7:17	"What <04100> is man <0582> that You magnify <01431> him, And that You are concerned <07896> <3820> about <0413> him,
LXXM	ti <5100> I-NSN gar <1063> PRT estin <1510> V-PAI-3S anyrwpov <444> N-NSM oti <3754> CONJ emegalunav <3170> V-AAI-2S auton <846> D-ASM h <2228> CONJ oti <3754> CONJ proseceiv <4337> V-PAI-2S ton <3588> T-ASM noun <3563> N-ASM eiv <1519> PREP auton <846> D-ASM
NET [draft] ITL	“What <04100> is mankind <0582> that <03588> you make so much <01431> of them, and that <03588> you pay <07896> attention <03820> to <0413> them?
HEBREW	Kbl <03820> wyla <0413> tyst <07896> ykw <03588> wnldgt <01431> yk <03588> swna <0582> hm (7:17) <04100>

NETBible

“What is mankind¹ that you make so much of them,² and that you pay attention³ to them?

NET Notes

¹tn The verse is a rhetorical question; it is intended to mean that man is too little for God to be making so much over him in all this.

²tn The Piel verb is a factitive meaning “to magnify.” The English word “magnify” might not be the best translation here, for God, according to Job, is focusing inordinately on him. It means to magnify in thought, appreciate, think highly of. God, Job argues, is making too much of mankind by devoting so much bad attention on them.

³tn The expression “set your heart on” means “concentrate your mind on” or “pay attention to.”