Job 17:1
רוּחִי חֻבָּלָה יָמַי נִזְעָכוּ קְבָרִים לִֽי ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
In Context
2אִם ־ לֹא הֲתֻלִים עִמָּדִי וּבְהַמְּרוֹתָם תָּלַן עֵינִֽי ׃
Cross References
Job 7:6יָמַי קַלּוּ מִנִּי ־ אָרֶג וַיִּכְלוּ בְּאֶפֶס תִּקְוָֽה ׃
Job 17:11יָמַי עָבְרוּ זִמֹּתַי נִתְּקוּ מוֹרָשֵׁי לְבָבִֽי ׃
Job 19:17רוּחִֽי זָרָה לְאִשְׁתִּי וְחַנֹּתִי לִבְנֵי בִטְנִֽי ׃
Psalms 88:3תָּבוֹא לְפָנֶיךָ תְּפִלָּתִי הַטֵּֽה ־ אָזְנְךָ לְרִנָּתִֽי ׃
Isaiah 38:10אֲנִי אָמַרְתִּי בִּדְמִי יָמַי אֵלֵכָה בְּשַׁעֲרֵי שְׁאוֹל פֻּקַּדְתִּי יֶתֶר שְׁנוֹתָֽי ׃
Matthew Henry on Job 17:1
In this chapter, I. Job reflects upon the harsh censures which his friends had passed upon him, and looking upon himself as a dying man ( ver. 1 ), he appeals to God, and begs of him speedily to appear for him, and right him, because they had wronged him, and he knew not how to right himself, ver. 2-7 . But he hopes that, though it should be a surprise, it will be no stumbling-block, to good people, to see him thus abused, ver. 8, 9 . II. He reflects upon the vain hopes they had fed him with, that he should yet… Read the whole commentary →