Job 17:11
My dayes are past, mine enterprises are broken, and the thoughts of mine heart
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
In Context
10All you therefore turne you, and come nowe, and I shall not finde one wise among you.
12Haue changed the nyght for the day, and the light that approched, for darkenesse.
Cross References
Job 7:6My dayes are swifter then a weauers shittle, and they are spent without hope.
Job 17:1My breath is corrupt: my dayes are cut off, and the graue is readie for me.
Proverbs 16:9The heart of man purposeth his way: but the Lord doeth direct his steppes.
Ecclesiastes 9:10All that thine hand shall finde to doe, doe it with all thy power: for there is neither worke nor inuention, nor knowledge, nor wisedome in the graue whither thou goest.
Isaiah 38:10I saide in the cutting off of my dayes, I shall goe to the gates of the graue: I am depriued of the residue of my yeeres.
Romans 1:13Now my brethren, I would that ye should not be ignorant, how that I haue oftentimes purposed to come vnto you (but haue bene let hitherto) that I might haue some fruite also among you, as I haue 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 →