Job 17:7
וַתֵּכַהּ מִכַּעַשׂ עֵינִי וִֽיצֻרַי כַּצֵּל כֻּלָּֽם ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
In Context
6וְֽהִצִּגַנִי לִמְשֹׁל עַמִּים וְתֹפֶת לְפָנִים אֶֽהְיֶֽה ׃
8יָשֹׁמּוּ יְשָׁרִים עַל ־ זֹאת וְנָקִי עַל ־ חָנֵף יִתְעֹרָֽר ׃
Cross References
Job 16:8וַֽתִּקְמְטֵנִי לְעֵד הָיָה וַיָּקָם בִּי כַחֲשִׁי בְּפָנַי יַעֲנֶֽה ׃
Psalms 6:7יָגַעְתִּי ׀ בְּֽאַנְחָתִי אַשְׂחֶה בְכָל ־ לַיְלָה מִטָּתִי בְּדִמְעָתִי עַרְשִׂי אַמְסֶֽה ׃
Psalms 31:9וְלֹא הִסְגַּרְתַּנִי בְּיַד ־ אוֹיֵב הֶֽעֱמַדְתָּ בַמֶּרְחָב רַגְלָֽי ׃
Ecclesiastes 6:12כִּי מִֽי ־ יוֹדֵעַ מַה ־ טּוֹב לָֽאָדָם בַּֽחַיִּים מִסְפַּר יְמֵי ־ חַיֵּי הֶבְלוֹ וְיַעֲשֵׂם כַּצֵּל אֲשֶׁר מִֽי ־ יַגִּיד לָֽאָדָם מַה ־ יִּהְיֶה אַחֲרָיו תַּחַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ ׃
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 →