Job 17:15
Where then is yet my hope? 1 Or where shall I see my good? 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
In Context
14I have called upon death to be my father, 1 And corruption to be my mother and sister. 1
16Will they go down with me to Hades, 1 Or shall we go down together to the tomb?
Cross References
Job 4:6Is not thy fear founded in folly, 1 Thy hope also, and the mischief of thy way? 1
Job 7:6And my life is lighter than a word, 1 And has perished in vain hope. 1
Job 14:19The waters wear the stones, 1 And waters falling headlong overflow a heap of the earth: 1 And thou destroyest the hope of man. 1
Lamentations 3:18Therefore my success has perished, 1 And my hope from the Lord. 1
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 →