Job 17:7

◄My sight has become dim/I cannot see well► because I am extremely sad, and my arms and legs are very thin, with the result that they almost do not cast [MET] a shadow.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.

In Context

6“But now people use that saying of our ancestors when they talk about me; they spit in my face to insult me.

8Those who say that they are good/righteous are shocked when they see what has happened to me, and people who say that they ◄are innocent/have not done anything that is wrong► say that I am wicked/godless and should be punished.

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Cross References

Job 16:8He has shriveled me up, and people think that shows that I am a sinner. And people see that I am only skin and bones, and they think that proves that I am guilty.

Psalms 6:7My tears blur my eyes so much that I cannot see well. My eyes have become weak because my enemies have caused me to cry constantly.

Psalms 31:9But now, Yahweh, be kind to me again because I am distressed. Because I cry so much, I cannot see well, and I am completely exhausted.

Ecclesiastes 6:12We live for only a short time; we disappear like [SIM] a shadow disappears in the sunlight. No one [RHQ] knows what is best for us while we are alive, and no one [RHQ] knows what will happen to us after we die [EUP].

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 →

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