Job 17:1
“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
In Context
2Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
Cross References
Job 7:6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
Job 17:11My days have passed; my plans are broken off—even the desires of my heart.
Job 19:17My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family.
Psalms 88:3For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
Isaiah 38:10I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of 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 →