Job 17:11
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.
American Standard Version
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, come on now again; And I shall not find a wise man among you.
12They change the night into day: The light, [say they], is near unto the darkness.
Cross References
Job 7:6My days are swifter than a weaver`s shuttle, And are spent without hope.
Job 17:1My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave is [ready] for me.
Proverbs 16:9A man`s heart deviseth his way; But Jehovah directeth his steps.
Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] 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 noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
Romans 1:13And I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you (and was hindered hitherto), that I might have some fruit in you also, even as in the rest of the 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 →