Job 17:11
My days are at an end; My plans are broken off; Even the treasures of my heart.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
In Context
10But as for you all, return, I pray! I find not yet among you one wise man.
12Night hath become day to me; The light bordereth on darkness.
Cross References
Job 7:6My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle; They pass away without hope.
Job 17:1My breath is exhausted; My days are at an end; The grave is ready for me.
Proverbs 16:9The heart of man deviseth his way, But the LORD establisheth his steps.
Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might! For there is no work nor device nor knowledge nor wisdom in the under-world, whither thou goest.
Isaiah 38:10I said: “Now, in the quiet of my days, shall I go down to the gates of the under-world; I am deprived of the residue of my years.”
Romans 1:13But I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that I often purposed to come to you, though I have been hindered hitherto, that I might have some fruit of my labors among you also, as 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 →