Job 17:1
My spirit shall be wasted, my days shall be shortened, and only the grave remaineth for me.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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, and my eye abideth in bitterness.
Cross References
Job 7:6My days have passed more swiftly than the web is cut by the weaver, and are consumed without any hope.
Job 17:11My days have passed away, my thoughts are dissipated, tormenting my heart.
Job 19:17My wife hath abhorred my breath, and I entreated the children of my womb.
Psalms 88:3Let my prayer come in before thee: incline thy ear to my petition.
Isaiah 38:10I said: In the midst of my days I shall go to the gates of hell: I sought for the residue 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 →