Job 17:7
My eye therefore is dim with sorrow, And all my limbs are as a shadow.
Noyes 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 made me the by-word of the people; Yea, I have become their abhorrence.
8Upright men will be astonished at this, And the innocent will rouse themselves against the wicked.
Cross References
Job 16:8Thou hast seized hold of me, and this is a witness against me; My leanness riseth up and testifieth against me to my face.
Psalms 6:7Mine eye is wasted with grief; It hath become old because of all my enemies.
Psalms 31:9Have mercy upon me, O LORD! for I am in trouble! My face is consumed with grief; Yea, my spirit and my body.
Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knoweth what is good for man in life, in all the days of his vain life, which he spendeth as a shadow? For who can tell a man what shall be 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 →