Job 17:11
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the desires of my heart.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
In Context
10But come back, now, all of you, come; and I will not see a wise man among you.
12They are changing night into day; they say, The light is near the dark.
Cross References
Job 7:6My days go quicker than the cloth-worker's thread, and come to an end without hope.
Job 17:1My spirit is broken, my days are ended, the last resting-place is ready for me.
Proverbs 16:9A man may make designs for his way, but the Lord is the guide of his steps.
Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever comes to your hand to do with all your power, do it because there is no work, or thought, or knowledge, or wisdom in the place of the dead to which you are going.
Isaiah 38:10I said, In the quiet of my days I am going down into the underworld: the rest of my years are being taken away from me.
Romans 1:13You may be certain, my brothers, that it has frequently been in my mind to come to you (but till now I was kept from it), so that I might have some fruit from you in the same way as I have had it from the other nations.
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 →