Job 17:1
My spirit will be wasted, my days will be shortened, and only the grave will be left for me.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
In Context
2I have not sinned, yet my eye remains in bitterness.
Cross References
Job 7:6My days have passed by more quickly than threads are cut by a weaver, and they have been consumed without any hope.
Job 17:11My days have passed away; my thoughts have been scattered, tormenting my heart.
Job 19:17My wife has shuddered at my breath, and I have begged the sons of my loins.
Psalms 88:3For you have said: Mercy will be built in the heavens, unto eternity. Your truth will be prepared there.
Isaiah 38:10“I said: In the middle of my days, I will go to the gates of Hell. So I sought the remainder of my years.
Matthew Henry on Job 17:1
In this chapter, I. Job reflects upon the harsh censures which his friends had passed upon him, and looking upon himself as a dying man ( ver. 1 ), he appeals to God, and begs of him speedily to appear for him, and right him, because they had wronged him, and he knew not how to right himself, ver. 2-7 . But he hopes that, though it should be a surprise, it will be no stumbling-block, to good people, to see him thus abused, ver. 8, 9 . II. He reflects upon the vain hopes they had fed him with, that he should yet… Read the whole commentary →