Job 7:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• Job 7:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? - That thou shouldst make him great, or that thou shouldst regard him as of so great importance as to fix thine eye attentively upon him. The idea he...

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• Job 7:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  What [is] man, that thou (m) shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? (m) Seeing that man of himself is so vile, why do you give him that honour to contend against hi...

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• Job 7:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Job again gives utterance to his complaint. In the previous passage Job's tone, as in Job 3:11-19 , had become quieter, and his complaint almost an elegy on human misery. But now he bursts forth aga...

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• Job 7:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  What is man... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.

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• Job 7:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? What is man that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? - Two...

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• Job 7:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  What is man, &c.?— What is mortal man, that thou shouldst contend with him, and that thou shouldst set thy heart against him? Schultens.

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• Job 7:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? (cf. Psalms 8:4 ; Psalms 144:3 ). Job means, 'W...

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• Job 7:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Job's First Speech (concluded) 1-10. Job laments the hardship and misery of his destiny.

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• Job 7:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  What is man...? — Here is another point of contact with Psalms 8:5 ; but the spirit of the Psalmist was one of devout adoration, whereas that of Job is one of agony and desperation.

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• Job 7:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  VIII. MEN FALSE: GOD OVERBEARING Job 6:1-30 ; Job 7:1-21 Job SPEAKS WORST to endure of all things is the grief that preys on a man's own heart because no channel outside self is provided for...

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• Job 7:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Longing for the Evening Job 7:1-21 The servant eagerly longs for the lengthening shadow, which tells him that his day of labor is at an end, and we may allow ourselves to anticipate the hour of...

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• Job 7:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Without waiting for their reply, Job broke out into a new lamentation, more bitter than the first, for it came out of a heart whose sorrow was aggravated by the misunderstanding of friends. Indeed, i...

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• Job 7:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (11) Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. (12) Amos I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me? (...

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• Job 7:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  What [is] man, that thou shouldest magnify him ?.... Man in his best estate, in his original state, was but of the earth, earthly; a mutable creature, and altogether vanity; so that it was wonderful...

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• Job 7:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  What [is] man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? Ver. 17. What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? ] i.e. Make so much ado about him, or loo...

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• Job 7:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  What is man Enosh , lapsed, fallen man; that thou shouldest magnify him? What is there in that poor, mean creature called man, miserable man , which can induce thee to take any notice of him, or...

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• Job 7:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  DOES GOD NOT RECOMPENSE GOOD DEEDS? (vv.1-16) Job's questions in verse 1 indicate why he was so distressed at God's dealings. No doubt too his friends would agree to his questions. "Is there not...

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• Job 7:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        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 H...

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• Job 7:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  What is there in that poor, mean, contemptible creature called man, miserable man , as this word signifies, which can induce or incline thee to take any notice of him, to show him such respect, or t...

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• Job 7:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CONTINUATION OF JOB’S SPEECH Job ceases to altercate with Eliphaz and to defend himself. Resumes his complaints, and ends by addressing himself to God. I. Complains of the general lot of human...

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• Job 7:17 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Job was sorely troubled by the cruel speeches of his friends, and he answered them out of the bitterness of his soul. What we are first about to read is a part of his language under those circumstanc...

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• Job 7:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Job 7:1 . Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? הלא צבא hela zaba, Nonne militia est homini super terra, et sicut dies mercenarii dies ejus? “Is not the life of man a warfare upon th...

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• Job 7:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

  What is man, that Thou shouldst magnify him? Divine condescension Here is a question that is both answered and unanswerable. I. A scriptural solution of the question. 1. What is man as a...

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• Job 7:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Job 7:1-18 In this chapter Job first bewails his miserable fate, of which he expects no alleviation (verses 1-10); then claims an unlimited right of complaint (verse 11); and fin...

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• Job 7:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Job Arraigns God

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• Job 7:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Samuel 24:14 ; Hebrews 2:6 ; Job 34:14 ; Job 34:15 ; Job 7:12 ; Psalms 144:3 ; Psalms 8:4

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• Job 7:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  What, &c. — What is there in that poor, mean, creature called man, miserable man, as this word signifies, which can induce thee to take any notice of him, or to make such account of him? Man is...

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