Job 17:11
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, the cherished thoughts of my heart.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
In Context
10But as for you all, pray come on again; and I shall not find one wise man among you.
12They change the night into day; the light [they imagine] near in presence of the darkness.
Cross References
Job 7:6My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
Job 17:1My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are mine.
Proverbs 16:9The heart of man deviseth his way, but Jehovah directeth his steps.
Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.
Isaiah 38:10I said, In the meridian of my days I shall go to the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the rest of my years.
Romans 1:13But I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, that I often proposed to come to you, (and have been hindered until the present time,) that I might have some fruit among you too, even as among the other nations also.
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 →