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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]
19 How long[e] will you not turn away from me?
Or not leave me alone until I swallow[f] my spit?

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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”
  5. Job 7:19 Literally “Like what”
  6. Job 7:19 Or “my swallowing”

17 “What is mankind that you make so much of them,
    that you give them so much attention,(A)
18 that you examine them every morning(B)
    and test them(C) every moment?(D)
19 Will you never look away from me,(E)
    or let me alone even for an instant?(F)

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