Job 17:11
My days have passed in groaning, and my heart-strings are broken.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
In Context
10Howbeit, do ye all strengthen yourselves and come now, for I do not find truth in you.
12I have turned the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
Cross References
Job 7:6And my life is lighter than a word, and has perished in vain hope.
Job 17:1I perish, carried away by the wind, and I seek for burial, and obtain it not.
Proverbs 16:9All the works of the Lord are done with righteousness; and the ungodly man is kept for the evil day.
Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatsoever thine hand shall find to do, do with all thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Hades whither thou goest.
Isaiah 38:10I said in the end of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I shall part with the remainder of my years.
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 →