# Job 7.17 **Book:** [Job](/codex/job/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 15. So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than these my bones. 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,** > > 18. And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, And try him every moment? 19. How long wilt thou not look away from me, Nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? (Job 7:15-19, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 15. so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones. 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? 19. How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle? (Job 7:15-19, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 15. So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life. life: Heb. bones 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? 19. How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? (Job 7:15-19, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 15. And my soul chooseth strangling, Death rather than my bones. 16. I have wasted away, not to the age do I live. Cease from me, for my days [are] vanity. > > **17. What [is] man that Thou dost magnify him? And that Thou settest unto him Thy heart?** > > 18. And inspectest him in the mornings, In the evenings dost try him? 19. How long dost Thou not look from me? Thou dost not desist till I swallow my spittle. (Job 7:15-19, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Lexicon:** - [H0120 - adam](/codex/h0120-adam/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.