Job 17:11
My days have passed away; my thoughts have been scattered, tormenting my heart.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
In Context
10Therefore, be converted, all of you, and approach, for I do not find in you any wisdom.
12They have turned night into day, and I hope for light again after the darkness.
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 17:1My spirit will be wasted, my days will be shortened, and only the grave will be left for me.
Proverbs 16:9The heart of man disposes his way. But it is for Lord to direct his steps.
Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever your hand is able to do, do it earnestly. For neither work, nor reason, nor wisdom, nor knowledge will exist in death, toward which you are hurrying.
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.
Romans 1:13But I want you to know, brothers, that I have often intended to come to you, (though I have been hindered even to the present time) so that I might obtain some fruit among you also, just as also 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 →