Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
Job 7:17
What is man, &c.?— What is mortal man, that thou shouldst contend with him, and that thou shouldst set thy heart against him? Schultens.
What is man, &c.?— What is mortal man, that thou shouldst contend with him, and that thou shouldst set thy heart against him? Schultens.
Verse. Job 7:17. _WHAT_ IS _MAN THAT THOU SHOULDEST MAGNIFY HIM? AND THAT_ _THOU SHOULDEST SET THINE HEART UPON HIM?_] Two different ideas have been drawn from these words: - 1. Man is not worth thy...
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 here is...
CHAPTER S 6-7 JOB'S ANSWER _ 1. His Despair justified by the greatness of his suffering (Job 6:1)_ 2. He requests to be cut off (Job 6:8) 3. He reproacheth his friends (Job 6:14) 4. The misery of...
Job again gives utterance to his complaint. In the previous passage Job's tone, as in Job 3:11, had become quieter, and his complaint almost an elegy on human misery. But now he bursts forth again wit...
WHAT IS MAN... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6....
Second, Job asks, If man be not too mean a thing for God thus to busy Himself with and persecute? cf. ch. Job 14:3. _set thine heart_ that is, thy _mind_; as _magnify_means, to think great, to consid...
7. To God he addresses some difficult questions. (Job 7:16-21) TEXT 7:16-21 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...
_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, 'What is man...
MAGNIFY] i.e. consider of such importance. SET THINE HEART] or 'fix thy thoughts.' The thought of Job 7:17. is 'Surely man is too insignificant for such constant persecution. Even Ins sins are hardly...
JOB'S FIRST SPEECH (CONCLUDED) 1-10. Job laments the hardship and misery of his destiny....
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 7 JOB CONTINUES HIS REPLY T...
Job was special to God (Job 1:8). Job knew this. But Job did not know why. God watched Job because Job was God’s servant (Job 2:3). But Job supposed that God had become Job’s enemy. Job thought that G...
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....
מָֽה ־אֱ֭נֹושׁ כִּ֣י תְגַדְּלֶ֑נּוּ וְ כִי ־ת
VIII. MEN FALSE: GOD OVERBEARING Job 6:1; Job 7:1 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 the hot strea...
LONGING FOR THE EVENING Job 7:1 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 our rew...
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, it...
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 him...
_Magnify him, or put his to such severe trials. He is not worthy of thy attention. (Calmet) --- Hebrews ii. 6. (Haydock)_...
(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? (1...
Job's Answer to Eliphaz I. INTRODUCTION I. Job 7:1 (NKJV) "[Is] [there] not a time of hard service for man on earth? [Are] [not] his days also like the days of a hired man? Job 7:2 Like a servant w...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...
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 Go...
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 look...
_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 t...
What is man that Thou shouldest magnify him? and that Thou shouldest set Thine heart upon him? the bitter irony of this passage consists in Job's asking why the great and majestic God should single ou...
JOB ARRAIGNS GOD...
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 a t...
"WHAT IS MAN THAT YOU MAGNIFY HIM, AND THAT YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HIM": This is exactly the same question that David posed in Psalms 8:3, yet Job and David come to completely opposite conclusions. D...
17-21 Job reasons with God concerning his dealings with man. But in the midst of this discourse, Job seems to have lifted up his thoughts to God with some faith and hope. Observe the concern he is in...
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 to...
Job 7:17 man H582 exalt H1431 (H8762) set H7896 (H8799) heart H3820 What is man - Psalms 8:4,...
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 circumstance...
CONTENTS: Job's answer to Eliphaz continued. CHARACTERS: God, Job, Eliphaz. CONCLUSION: We believe in the sun even when it is hidden behind a cloud, therefore we should not doubt the goodness of God...
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 the e...
_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 creature...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 7:17 WHAT IS MAN, THAT YOU MAKE SO MUCH OF HIM echoes Psalms 8:4 (“what is man that you are mindful of him”). However, where...
_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 HUMANITY...
EXPOSITION JOB 7:1 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 finally enters i...
Is there not an appointed time to man upon the earth? are not his days also like the days of a hireling? As a servant earnestly desires the shadow (Job 7:1-2), That is, the shadow of the clock going...
1 Samuel 24:14; Hebrews 2:6; Job 34:14; Job 34:15; Job 7:12;...
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 not wo...