Job 17:11
My days are past. my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
In Context
10But as for you all, come on now again, and I shall not find a wise man among you.
12They change the night into day. The light, [they say], is near to the darkness.
Cross References
Job 7:6My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
Job 17:1My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, the grave is [ready] for me.
Proverbs 16:9A man's heart devises his way, but LORD directs his steps.
Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever thy hand finds to do, do with thy might, for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where thou go.
Isaiah 38:10I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol. I am deprived of the residue of my years.
Romans 1:13But I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, that I often intended to come to you (and was prevented until now), so that I might have some fruit also among you, even as among the other Gentiles.
Matthew Henry on Job 17:11-16
Job Reproves His Three Friends; Vanity of Worldly Expectations. ( b. c. 1520.) 10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you. 11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. 12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness. 13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness. 14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. 15 And where is now… Read the whole commentary →