Job 17:7
Mine eye also is dimmed by reason of vexation, and all my members are as a shadow.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 hath made me also a byword of the people; and I am become one in whose face they spit.
8Upright men are astonished at this, and the innocent stirreth up himself against the godless.
Cross References
Job 16:8And Thou hast shrivelled me up, which is a witness against me; and my leanness riseth up against me, it testifieth to my face.
Psalms 6:7(6-8) Mine eye is dimmed because of vexation; it waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.
Psalms 31:9(31-10) Be gracious unto me, O LORD, for I am in distress; mine eye wasteth away with vexation, 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 →