Job 17:1
I perish, carried away by the wind, 1 And I seek for burial, and obtain it not. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
In Context
2Weary I entreat; and what have I done? 1 And strangers have stolen my goods. 1
Cross References
Job 7:6And my life is lighter than a word, 1 And has perished in vain hope. 1
Job 17:11My days have passed in groaning, 1 And my heartstrings are broken. 1
Job 19:17And I besought my wife, 1 And earnestly entreated the sons of my concubines. 1
Psalms 88:3For thou hast said, Mercy shall be built up forever: 1 Thy truth shall be established in the heavens. 1
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 17:1
In this chapter, I. Job reflects upon the harsh censures which his friends had passed upon him, and looking upon himself as a dying man ( ver. 1 ), he appeals to God, and begs of him speedily to appear for him, and right him, because they had wronged him, and he knew not how to right himself, ver. 2-7 . But he hopes that, though it should be a surprise, it will be no stumbling-block, to good people, to see him thus abused, ver. 8, 9 . II. He reflects upon the vain hopes they had fed him with, that he should yet… Read the whole commentary →