Job 17:7
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
In Context
6But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.
8Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.
Cross References
Job 16:8And thou hast laid fast hold on me, [which] is a witness [against me]: And my leanness riseth up against me, It testifieth to my face.
Psalms 6:7Mine eye wasteth away because of grief; It waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.
Psalms 31:9Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress: Mine eye wasteth away with grief, [yea], my soul and my body.
Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knoweth what is good for man in [his] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a 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 →