Job 17:15
Where then is my hope? and who will see my desire?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
In Context
14If I say to the earth, You are my father; and to the worm, My mother and my sister;
16Will they go down with me into the underworld? Will we go down together into the dust?
Cross References
Job 4:6Is not your fear of God your support, and your upright way of life your hope?
Job 7:6My days go quicker than the cloth-worker's thread, and come to an end without hope.
Job 14:19The stones are crushed small by the force of the waters; the dust of the earth is washed away by their overflowing: and so you put an end to the hope of man.
Lamentations 3:18And I said, My strength is cut off, and my hope from the Lord.
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 →