17 “What is mankind that you make so much of them,
    that you give them so much attention,(A)

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

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17 “What(A) is man, that You should exalt him,
That You should set Your heart on him,

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17 (A)What is man, that you make so much of him,
    and that you set your heart on him,

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17 (A)What is man that You exalt him,
And that You [a]are concerned about him,

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Footnotes

  1. Job 7:17 Lit set Your heart on

16 how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt,(A)
    who drink up evil(B) like water!(C)

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16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

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16 (A)How much less man, who is abominable and filthy,
(B)Who drinks iniquity like water!

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16 (A)how much less one who is abominable and (B)corrupt,
    a man who (C)drinks injustice like water!

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16 How much less one who is (A)detestable and corrupt:
A person who (B)drinks [a]malice like water!

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Footnotes

  1. Job 15:16 Or injustice

14 if I say to corruption,(A) ‘You are my father,’
    and to the worm,(B) ‘My mother’ or ‘My sister,’

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14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

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14 If I say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’
And to the worm, ‘You are my mother and my sister,’

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14 if I say to the pit, ‘You are my father,’
    and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’

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14 If I call to the (A)grave, ‘You are my father’;
To the (B)maggot, ‘my mother and my sister’;

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how much less a mortal, who is but a maggot—
    a human being,(A) who is only a worm!”(B)

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How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?

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How much less man, who is (A)a maggot,
And a son of man, who is a worm?”

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(A)how much less man, who is (B)a maggot,
    and (C)the son of man, who is a worm!”

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How much less (A)man, that (B)maggot,
And a son of man, that worm!”

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But I am a worm(A) and not a man,
    scorned by everyone,(B) despised(C) by the people.

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But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

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But I am (A)a worm, and no man;
(B)A reproach of men, and despised by the people.

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But I am (A)a worm and not a man,
    (B)scorned by mankind and (C)despised by the people.

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But I am a (A)worm and not a person,
A (B)disgrace of mankind and (C)despised by the people.

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