Lexicon :: Strong's H582 - 'ĕnôš

“I would have said: I will cut them to pieces[fn]

and blot out the memory of them from mankind,

Then Boaz took ten men of the town’s elders and said, “Sit here.” And they sat down.

The descendants of Reuben and Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 warriors who could serve in the army ​— ​men who carried shield and sword, drew the bow, and were trained for war.

Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God, “LORD, there is no one besides you to help the mighty and those without strength. Help us, LORD our God, for we depend on you, and in your name we have come against this large army. LORD, you are our God. Do not let a mere mortal hinder you.”

“Can a mortal be righteous before God?

Can a man be more pure than his Maker? ”

See how happy is the person whom God corrects;

so do not reject the discipline of the Almighty.

Isn’t each person consigned to forced labor on earth?

Are not his days like those of a hired worker?

What is a mere human, that you think so highly of him

and pay so much attention to him?

Yes, I know what you’ve said is true,

but how can a person be justified before God?

“Do you have eyes of flesh,

or do you see as a human sees?

Would it go well if he examined you?

Could you deceive him as you would deceive a man?

as water wears away stones

and torrents wash away the soil from the land,

so you destroy a man’s hope.

What is a mere human, that he should be pure,

or one born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

How can a human be justified before God?

How can one born of woman be pure?

how much less a human, who is a maggot,

a son of man,[fn] who is a worm!

He cuts a shaft far from human habitation,

in places unknown to those who walk above ground.

Suspended far away from people,

the miners swing back and forth.

No one can know its value,[fn]

since it cannot be found in the land of the living.

But it is the spirit in a person—

the breath from the Almighty—

that gives anyone understanding.

But I tell you that you are wrong in this matter,

since God is greater than man.

He will pray to God, and God will delight in him.

That person will see his face with a shout of joy,

and God will restore his righteousness to him.

All mankind has seen it;

people have looked at it from a distance.

what is a human being that you remember him,

a son of man[fn] that you look after him?

Rise up, LORD! Do not let mere humans prevail;

let the nations be judged in your presence.

doing justice for the fatherless and the oppressed

so that mere humans from the earth may terrify them no more.

But it is you, a man who is my peer,

my companion and good friend!

Be gracious to me, God, for a man is trampling me;

he fights and oppresses me all day long.

You let men ride over our heads;

we went through fire and water,

but you brought us out to abundance.[fn]

They are not in trouble like others;

they are not afflicted like most people.

You return mankind to the dust,

saying, “Return, descendants of Adam.”

As for man, his days are like grass —

he blooms like a flower of the field;

wine that makes human hearts glad —

making his face shine with oil —

and bread that sustains human hearts.

your decrees are my delight

and my counselors.

LORD, what is a human that you care for him,

a son of man[fn] that you think of him?

Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large piece of parchment[fn] and write on it with an ordinary pen:[fn] Maher-shalal-hash-baz.[fn]

Therefore everyone’s hands will become weak,

and every man will lose heart.

I will make a human more scarce than fine gold,

and mankind more rare than the gold of Ophir.

Therefore a curse has consumed the earth,

and its inhabitants have become guilty;

the earth’s inhabitants have been burned,

and only a few survive.

The highways are deserted;

travel has ceased.

An agreement has been broken,

cities[fn] despised,

and human life disregarded.

Listen to me, you who know righteousness,

the people in whose heart is my instruction:

do not fear disgrace by men,

and do not be shattered by their taunts.

I ​— ​I am the one who comforts you.

Who are you that you should fear humans who die,

or a son of man who is given up like grass?

Happy is the person who does this,

the son of man who holds it fast,

who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it,

and keeps his hand from doing any evil.

For I have heard the gossip of many people,

“Terror is on every side!

Report him; let’s report him! ”

Everyone I trusted[fn] watches for my fall.

“Perhaps he will be deceived

so that we might prevail against him

and take our vengeance on him.”