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Psalms 144:3

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Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
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  1. Psalms 8:4Rank 1 from verse 3
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    4What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

  2. Job 7:17Rank 2 from verse 3
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    17What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

  3. Hebrews 2:6Rank 3 from verse 3
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    6But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?

  4. Job 15:14Rank 4 from verse 3
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    14What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

  5. Psalms 146:3–4Rank 5 from verse 3
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    3Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

    4His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

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Psalms 144:3

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

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son

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1. A male child or descendant. 2. One belonging to, related to, or characterized by the person, people, place, condition, or quality named.

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account

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Sense 1: A reckoning, record, report, or explanation. Sense 2: As a verb, to reckon, consider, or give an account.

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2My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.

3Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

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4Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

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