Job 17:7
And mine eye is dim by reason of grief, and all my members are as a shadow.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
In Context
6And he hath made me a proverb of the peoples; and I am become one to be spit on in the face.
8Upright men [shall be] astonished at this, and the innocent shall be stirred up against the ungodly;
Cross References
Job 16:8Thou hast shrivelled me up! it is become a witness; and my leanness riseth up against me, it beareth witness to my face.
Psalms 6:7Mine eye wasteth away through grief; it hath grown old because of all mine oppressors.
Psalms 31:9Be gracious unto me, Jehovah, for I am in trouble: mine eye wasteth away with vexation, my soul and my belly.
Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knoweth what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell man what shall 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 →