Job 17:7
My eyes are worn out from crying and my body is a shadow of its former self.
Free Bible 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
6He has made me a proverb of ridicule among the people; they spit in my face.
Cross References
Job 16:8You have made me shrivel up, which is a witness against me; my thin body testifies against me.
Psalms 6:7With all my crying I can hardly see; my eyes grow weak because of the trouble my enemies cause me.
Psalms 31:9Be kind to me Lord, for I am upset. I can hardly see from so much crying. I am completely wasting away.
Ecclesiastes 6:12Who knows what's best for us and our lives? During our short lives that pass like shadows we have many unanswered questions. And who can tell us what will happen when we're gone?
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 →