Job 17:7
My eye is also dim because of sorrow; 1 all my body parts are as thin as shadows. 1
Unlocked Literal 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
6But he has made me a byword of the people; 1 they spit in my face. 1
8Upright men will be stunned by this; 1 the innocent man will stir himself up against godless men. 1
Cross References
Job 16:8You have made me dry up, which itself is a witness against me; 1 the leanness of my body rises up against me, 1 and it testifies against my face. 1
Psalms 6:7My eyes grow dim from grief; 1 they grow weak because of all my adversaries. 1
Psalms 31:9Have mercy upon me, Yahweh, for I am in distress; 1 my eyes grow weary with grief with my soul and my body. 1
Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knows what is good for man in his life during his futile, numbered days through which he passes like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come under the sun after he passes?
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 →