'Man' in the Bible

The spirit of a man will endure his sickness, but a broken spirit, who may bear it?

A man of [many] friends will come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Many will seek favor before the generous, and everyone [is] the friend of a man of gifts.

Many plans [are] in the heart of a man, but the purpose of Yahweh will be established.

The craving of a man [is] his steadfast loyalty, and [it is] better [to be] poor than a {liar}.

[It is] honorable for the man to refrain from strife, but every fool will be quick to quarrel.

Deep waters [are like] purpose in the heart of a man, and a man of understanding will draw it out.

Many a person will proclaim his loyalty [for] himself, but a man [who is] trustworthy, who can find?

Even by his acts, a {young man} will make himself known, whether his acts are pure and upright.

Bread gained by deceit is sweet for the man, but afterward, his mouth will be filled [with] gravel.

[Away] from Yahweh are the steps of a strong man, and how will humankind understand his ways?

Every way of a man is upright in his [own] eyes, but Yahweh weighs hearts.

Crooked is the way of a man and a foreigner, but the pure [is] upright [in] his conduct.

A man of want [is] he who loves pleasure; he who loves wine and oil will not become rich.

A false witness will perish, but a man who listens will testify with success.

A wicked man is strong in {his countenance}, but the upright will appoint his paths.

Do not befriend an owner of {anger}, and with a man of wrath you shall not associate;

A man who is skillful in his work, you shall see: before kings, he will serve; he will not serve before the commoners.

The warrior of wisdom [is] in strength, and a man of knowledge is strong [in] power.

Do not say, "Just as he has done to me, so shall I do to him; I will pay back the man according to his deed."

[Like] clouds and wind when there is no rain, [so too is] a man who boasts in a gift of deception.

[Like] a club and sword and a sharp arrow [is] a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.

A breached city [where] there is no wall [is like] a man who {has no} self-control for his spirit.

[Do] you see a man wise in his own eyes? [There is more] hope for a fool than for him.

so [is] a man who deceives his neighbor, but says "Am I not joking?"

[As] charcoal [is] to hot embers and wood [is] to fire, so a man of quarrels [is] to kindling strife.

Like a bird that strays from its nest, so is a man who strays from his place.

[As] iron sharpens iron, so {one man sharpens another}.

A crucible [is] for the silver, and a furnace for the gold, but a man [is tested by] the mouth of him who praises him.

A man [who is] poor and oppresses the impoverished [is] a beating rain {that leaves} no food.

A man of wealth [is] wise in his own eyes, but the intelligent poor sees through him.

A man of faithfulness [has] abundant blessings, but he who hurries to become rich will not go unpunished.

{Showing partiality} [is] not good, and over a morsel of bread, a strong man will do wrong.

He who hurries for wealth is {a man with an evil eye}, but he does not know that poverty will come upon him.

He who robs his father and his mother and says, "There is no crime," is partner to a man who corrupts.

A man who is reproved, being stubborn of neck-- suddenly he will be broken, and there will not be healing.

A man who loves wisdom will make his parents glad, but the friend of prostitutes will squander his wealth.

By justice a king gives stability [to] a land, but a man of bribes will ruin it.

A strong man who flatters his neighbor is spreading a net for his feet.

In transgression, an evil man [is] a snare, but [the] righteous will sing and rejoice.

[If] a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, then there is rankling and ridicule, but there is no relief.

The poor and a man of oppression have [this] in common: Yahweh gives {light to the eyes of them both}.

You see a man who is hasty in his words: [there is more] hope for a fool than him.

A man of anger will stir strife, and the owner of anger, much transgression.

A man of injustice is an abomination to the righteous, but the {upright} is an abomination to the wicked.

The words of Agur, son of Yakeh, the oracle. Thus says the man to Ithiel, to Ithiel, and Ucal:

Certainly I [am more] stupid than a man, and the understanding of humankind [is] not for me.

the way of the eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship in the heart of the sea, and the way of a man with a young woman.

{The wise man can see where he is walking}, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that both of them suffer the same fate.

Certainly no one will remember the wise man or the fool in {future generations}. When [future] days come, both will have been forgotten already. How [is it that] the wise man dies the same as the fool?

For the fate of {humans} and the fate of the beast is {the same}. The death of the one is like the death of the other, for {both are mortal}. Man has no advantage over the beast, for both are fleeting.

I also realized that all [of the] toil and all [of] the skillful work that is done--it [is] envy between one man and {another}. This also [is] vanity and chasing wind!

Sometimes a man is all alone with no companion; he also has neither son nor brother. Yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eye is not satisfied with wealth. [He laments,] "For whom am I toiling and depriving {myself} of pleasure?" This also [is] vanity--it is an unhappy business!

The sleep of the laborer [is] pleasant, whether he eats little or much, but the wealth of the rich man does not allow him to rest.

God gives a man wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; yet God does not enable him to enjoy it--instead someone else ends up enjoying it. This [is] vanity--indeed, it [is] a grievous ill!

Even if a man fathers a hundred [children] and lives many years so that the days of his years are many, if his heart is not satisfied with {his prosperity} and {he does not receive a proper burial}, I deem the stillborn better than him.

Even if a man lives a thousand years twice, if he does not enjoy {prosperity}, {both suffer the same fate}!

Whatever is--it was already determined, {what will be--it has already been decided}. As for man, he cannot argue against what is more powerful than him.

For who knows what [is] good for a man in his life during the few days of his fleeting life, which are fleeting as a shadow? For who can tell anyone what will happen {in the future} under the sun?

Better to listen to [the] rebuke of [the] wise than for a man to listen to [the] song of fools.

I have seen all these things in my vain life: Sometimes a righteous man perishes in [spite of] his righteousness, and sometimes a wicked man lives a long life in [spite of] his evil.

What my heart sought, I did not find. Although I found one righteous man among one thousand, I did not find one [upright] woman among all these.

For there is a [proper] time and right [procedure] for every matter, even though the trouble of man [weighs] heavy upon him.

So I recommend enjoyment. For there [is] nothing better for man under the sun than to eat and to drink and to rejoice. This will accompany him in his toil the days of his life that God gives to him under the sun.

Then I saw all the work of God--man [is] not able to discover the work that is done under the sun. Although man may toil in seeking, he cannot find it. Even if a wise man claims [that he] knows it, he cannot find it.

The same fate [comes] to everyone: to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good and to the wicked, to the clean and to the unclean, to those who sacrifice and to those who do not sacrifice. As [with] the good [man], so also to the sinner; [as with] those who swear an oath, so [also] those who fear oaths.

For man does not know his time. Just as fish are caught in a cruel net and like birds who are seized in a snare, so also {humans} are ensnared at a cruel time when it falls suddenly upon them.

Now, a poor wise man was found in it, and he delivered the city by his wisdom.

The wise man [wins] favor by the words of his mouth, but the fool is devoured by his own lips.

For if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in all of them! Let him remember that the days of the darkness will be many-- all that is coming [is] vanity!

Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth! Follow the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes-- but know that God will bring you into judgment for all these things.

They are afraid of heights, and terrors [are] on the road. The almond tree blossoms, and the grasshopper draws itself along, and desire fails because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about in the streets.

Now that all has been heard, here is the final conclusion: Fear God and obey his commandments, for this [is] the whole [duty] of man.

Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house {for love}, he would be utterly scorned.

And the strong [man] shall become like tinder, and his work like a spark. And both of them shall burn together, and there is not one to quench [them]."

mighty warrior and man of war, judge and prophet, and diviner and elder,

And the people will be oppressed {by each other} and a man by his neighbor. The boy will act arrogantly toward the elder, and the dishonorable toward the honorable.

Indeed, a man will seize his brother [in] the house of his father: "{You have a cloak}; you shall be a leader for us, and this heap of ruins [shall be] under your hand!"

And seven women shall grasp at one man on that day, saying, "We will eat our own bread, and we will wear our own clothing; only {let us be called by your name}! Take away our disgrace!"

For the vineyard of Yahweh of hosts [is] the house of Israel, and the man of Judah [is] the plantation of his delight. [And] he waited for justice, but look! Bloodshed! For righteousness, but look! A cry of distress!

And humankind is bowed down, and man is brought low, and [the] eyes of [the] haughty are humiliated.

And I said, "Woe to me! For I am destroyed! For I [am] a man {of unclean lips}, and I [am] living among a people {of unclean lips}, for my eyes have seen the king, Yahweh of hosts!"

And this shall happen: on that day, a young man will keep a young cow of [the] herd and two sheep alive.

Those who see you will stare at you, they will look closely at you: '[Is] this the man who made the earth tremble, who caused kingdoms to shake,

Look! Yahweh [is] about to {really hurl} you, man! And he [is] about to grasp you firmly;

And Assyria shall fall by a sword not [of] a man, and a sword not [of] a human shall devour him; and he shall flee from [the] sword, and his young men shall be [put] to forced labor.

Highways are deserted; [the] traveler [on the] road ceases. One breaks a treaty, he rejects [the] cities, he does not hold man in high regard.

Look, you trust in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt, which [if] a man leans on it, goes into his hand and bores through it! Such [is] Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all those who trust in him.

Lift your eyes up [on] high, and see! Who created these? The one who brings out their host by number. He calls all them by name. Because [he is] great of power and mighty of power, no man is missing.

But I look and there is no man, and [I look] among these and there is no counselor, that I might ask them and they might answer a word.

Yahweh goes forth like a mighty warrior; he stirs up zeal like a man of war. He raises the war cry, indeed he raises the battle shout; he prevails against his foes.

[The] {woodworker} stretches out a line; he makes an outline [of] it with marker. He makes it with knife and makes an outline [of] it with compass. He makes it like [the] image of a man, like [the] beauty of a human, to dwell [in] a temple.

who calls a bird of prey from [the] east, the man of his plan from a country from afar. Indeed I have spoken; indeed I will bring it [to being]. I have formed [it]; indeed I will do it.

Why was there no man when I came, no one who answered when I called? {Do I lack the strength to save}? Or [is there] no power in me to deliver? Look! by my rebuke I dry up [the] sea; I {make} [the] rivers a desert; their fish stink because there is no water, and they die because of thirst.

"I, I [am] he who comforts you; who [are] you that you are afraid of man? He dies! And of [the] son of humankind? He is {sacrificed} [as] grass!

[He was] despised and rejected [by] men, a man of suffering, and acquainted with sickness, and like {one from whom others hide their faces}, [he was] despised, and we did not hold him in high regard.

Let [the] wicked forsake his way, and [the] man of sin his thoughts. And let him return to Yahweh, that he may take pity on him, and to our God, for he will {forgive manifold}.

Happy [is the] man [who] does this, and [the] son of humankind [who] keeps hold of it, who keeps [the] Sabbath {so as not to profane} it, and who keeps his hand from doing any evil."

And he saw that there was no man, and he was appalled that there was no one who intercedes, so his arm came to assist him, and his righteousness {was what} sustained him.

For [as] a young man marries a virgin, [so] shall your sons marry you, and [as is the] joy of [the] bridegroom over [the] bride, [so] shall your God rejoice over you.