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16 I loathe my life.
    I don’t want to live forever.
    Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
17 What is man, that you should magnify him,
    that you should set your mind on him,
18 that you should visit him every morning,
    and test him every moment?

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16 I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

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?

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16 (A)I loathe my life;
I would not live forever.
(B)Let me alone,
For (C)my days are but [a]a breath.

17 “What(D) is man, that You should exalt him,
That You should set Your heart on him,
18 That You should [b]visit him every morning,
And test him every moment?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 7:16 Without substance, futile
  2. Job 7:18 attend to

16 I despise my life;(A) I would not live forever.(B)
    Let me alone;(C) my days have no meaning.(D)

17 “What is mankind that you make so much of them,
    that you give them so much attention,(E)
18 that you examine them every morning(F)
    and test them(G) every moment?(H)

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