17 (A)What is man that You exalt him,
And that You [a]are concerned about him,
18 That (B)You examine him every morning
And put him to the test every moment?
19 [b](C)Will You never turn Your gaze away from me,
Nor leave me alone until I swallow my spittle?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 7:17 Lit set Your heart on
  2. Job 7:19 Lit How long will You not

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

18 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?

19 How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

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