Job 17:11
My days are past. My plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart.
World English Bible Classic
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, come back. I will not find a wise man among you.
12They change the night into day, saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.
Cross References
Job 7:6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
Job 17:1“My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct and the grave is ready for me.
Proverbs 16:9A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD directs his steps.
Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.
Isaiah 38:10I said, “In the middle of my life I go into the gates of Sheol. I am deprived of the residue of my years.”
Romans 1:13Now I don’t desire to have you unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you (and was hindered so far), that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the 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 →