Job 17:7
My eyes have become dark because of my pain, and all my body is wasted to a shade.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
In Context
6He has made me a word of shame to the peoples; I have become a mark for their sport.
Cross References
Job 16:8It has come up as a witness against me, and the wasting of my flesh makes answer to my face.
Psalms 6:7\6:6\The voice of my sorrow is a weariness to me; all the night I make my bed wet with weeping; it is watered by the drops flowing from my eyes.
Psalms 31:9\31:8\And you have not given me into the hand of my hater; you have put my feet in a wide place.
Ecclesiastes 6:12Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?
Matthew Henry on Job 17:2-10
Deplorable Condition of Job; The Improvement of Job's Troubles. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me. 2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? 3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me? 4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them. 5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. 6 He hath made me… Read the whole commentary →