Yahweh, what is man, that you care for him? Or the son of man, that you think of him?
Parallel translations
- KJV LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
- BSB O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him?
- NKJV Lord, what is man, that You take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that You are mindful of him?
- NASB Lord, what is man, that You look after him? Or a son of man, that You think of him?
- NLT O Lord, what are human beings that you should notice them, mere mortals that you should think about them?
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Ps 8:4what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him?
- Job 7:17What is man, that you should magnify him, that you should set your mind on him,
- Heb 2:6But one has somewhere testified, saying, “What is man, that you think of him? Or the son of man, that you care for him?
- Job 15:14What is man, that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
- Ps 146:3–4Don’t put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no help.
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