Job 17:11
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
King James Version
In Context
10But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
12They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
Cross References
Job 7:6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
Job 17:1My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
Proverbs 16:9A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
Isaiah 38:10I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
Romans 1:13Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among 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 →