Job 17:11
My days have passed; my plans are broken off—even the desires of my heart.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
In Context
10But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you.
12They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.
Cross References
Job 7:6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
Job 17:1“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.
Proverbs 16:9A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
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.”
Romans 1:13I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you (but have been prevented from visiting until now), in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.
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 →