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16 I loathe my life; I would not live forever;
depart from me, for my days are a breath.
17 “What is a human being that you make him great
and that you fix your mind on him,[a]
18 so that[b] you visit him every morning,[c]
you test him every moment?[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 7:17 Literally “you set on him your heart”
  2. Job 7:18 Hebrew “and”
  3. Job 7:18 Literally “for mornings,” or “at mornings”
  4. Job 7:18 Literally “for moments,” or “at moments”

16 I despise my life;(A) I would not live forever.(B)
    Let me alone;(C) my days have no meaning.(D)

17 “What is mankind that you make so much of them,
    that you give them so much attention,(E)
18 that you examine them every morning(F)
    and test them(G) every moment?(H)

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