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OET (OET-LV) What [is]_humankind (cmp) make_so_much_him and_because/when you_will_set to_him/it mind_your.
OET (OET-RV) What are humans that you make so much of them,
⇔ ≈and that your mind thinks about them?
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
מָֽה־אֱ֭נוֹשׁ כִּ֣י תְגַדְּלֶ֑נּוּ וְכִי־תָשִׁ֖ית אֵלָ֣יו לִבֶּֽךָ
what ʼEnōshh that/for/because/then/when make_so_much,him and=because/when set to=him/it mind,your
Job is using the question form for emphasis. If you would not use the question form for that purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. The question continues through the next verse, but it may be helpful to make this verse a separate sentence. Alternate translation: “Man is not so significant that you should magnify him or set your heart on him”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / declarative
מָֽה־אֱ֭נוֹשׁ כִּ֣י תְגַדְּלֶ֑נּוּ וְכִי־תָשִׁ֖ית אֵלָ֣יו לִבֶּֽךָ
what ʼEnōshh that/for/because/then/when make_so_much,him and=because/when set to=him/it mind,your
Job could be using the future tense: (1) to describe what God should do. Alternate translation: “What is man, that you should magnify him, that you should set your heart on him” or, as a statement, “Man is so insignificant that you should not magnify him or set your heart on him” (2) to describe what God does habitually. Alternate translation: “What is man, that you magnify him and that you set your heart on him”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וְכִי־תָשִׁ֖ית אֵלָ֣יו לִבֶּֽךָ
and=because/when set to=him/it mind,your
Here, the heart represents the thoughts. Alternate translation: “and that you should set your mind on him” or “and that you should pay attention to him”
7:6-21 Job cried out to God, complaining that life was too brief (7:6-10). This complaint contrasts ironically with his earlier desire that God end it all (6:9).
OET (OET-LV) What [is]_humankind (cmp) make_so_much_him and_because/when you_will_set to_him/it mind_your.
OET (OET-RV) What are humans that you make so much of them,
⇔ ≈and that your mind thinks about them?
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.