Job 17:15
Ay, where is then my hope? as for my hope, who will see it [fulfilled]?
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
In Context
14When I call to corruption, Thou art my father: Thou art my mother, and my sister, to the worms.
16Let then my limbs sink down to the nether world: truly in the dust alone there is rest for all.
Cross References
Job 4:6Is not then thy fear of God still thy confidence, thy hope equal to the integrity of thy ways?
Job 7:6My days hasten away more swiftly than a weaver's shuttle, and they come to an end in the absence of hope.
Job 14:19The water weareth out stones; thou sweepest away their fragments [like] the dust of the earth: and so thou destroyest the hope of man.
Lamentations 3:18And I said, Lost is my strength, my expectation also from the Lord.
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 →