Job 17:7
My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
In Context
6He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.
8The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent are stirred against the godless.
Cross References
Job 16:8You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.
Psalms 6:7My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.
Psalms 31:9Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.
Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
Matthew Henry on Job 17:2-10
Deplorable Condition of Job; The Improvement of Job's Troubles. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me. 2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? 3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me? 4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them. 5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. 6 He hath made me… Read the whole commentary →