Job 7:16–17
Job 7:16–17 — The New International Version (NIV)
16 I despise my life; I would not live forever.
Let me alone; my days have no meaning.
17 “What is mankind that you make so much of them,
that you give them so much attention,
Job 7:16–17 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
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?
Job 7:16–17 — New Living Translation (NLT)
16 I hate my life and don’t want to go on living.
Oh, leave me alone for my few remaining days.
17 “What are people, that you should make so much of us,
that you should think of us so often?
Job 7:16–17 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
16 I loathe my life;
I would not live forever.
Let me alone,
For my days are but a breath.
17 “What is man, that You should exalt him,
That You should set Your heart on him,
Job 7:16–17 — New Century Version (NCV)
16 I hate my life; I don’t want to live forever.
Leave me alone, because my days have no meaning.
17 “Why do you make people so important
and give them so much attention?
Job 7:16–17 — American Standard Version (ASV)
16 I loathe my life; 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 thy mind upon him,
Job 7:16–17 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
16 I loathe it; I shall not live always: let me alone, for my days are a breath.
17 What is man, that thou makest much of him? and that thou settest thy heart upon him?
Job 7:16–17 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
16 I hate my life; I do not want to live forever.
Leave me alone because my days are so brief.
17 “What is a mortal that you should make so much of him,
that you should be concerned about him?
Job 7:16–17 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
16 I give up! I will not live forever.
Leave me alone, for my days are a breath.
17 What is man, that You think so highly of him
and pay so much attention to him?
Job 7:16–17 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
16 I loathe my life; I would not live forever.
Let me alone, for my days are a breath.
17 What are human beings, that you make so much of them,
that you set your mind on them,
Job 7:16–17 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
16 I loathe my life; I would not live forever;
depart from me, for my days are a breath.
17 “What is a human being that you make him great
and that you fix your mind on him,
Job 7:16–17 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
16 I hate my life. I don’t want to live forever.
Leave me alone. My days don’t mean anything to me.
17 “What are human beings that you think so much of them?
What are they that you pay so much attention to them?
Job 7:16–17 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
16 “I waste away; I will not live forever.
Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
17 “What is man that You magnify him,
And that You are concerned about him,