Job 7:17 — King James Version← Study notes

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

Job 7:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 7:178 words

HebrewMeaning

מָֽהmāh

what?particleH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

אֱ֭נוֹשׁʾĕnwōš

is humankindnounH582

thirsty · certain · chap; divers · fellow ···

כִּ֣יkiy

thatconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

תְגַדְּלֶ֑/נּוּtəgadəlenw

you will make great himverbH1431

boast · bring up · exceed · excellent ···

וְ/כִיwəkiy

and thatconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

תָשִׁ֖יתtāšiyt

you will setverbH7896

appoint · array · bring · consider ···

אֵלָ֣י/וʾēlāyw

to himpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

לִבֶּֽ/ךָlibekā

heart yournounH3820

care for · consent · considered · courag ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 7:17

I have given over hope, I will not live any longer. There be some of the righteous, who so entertain the desire of heavenly things, that, notwithstanding this, they are not broken off from the hope of things earthly. The inheritance bestowed on them by God they keep for the supply of necessities, the honours awarded them on a temporal footing they retain; they do not covet the things of others, they make a lawful use of their own. Yet these are strangers to those same things…
Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 8 §44

Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain

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