Job 17:1
My spirit, is broken, My days, are extinguished, Graves, are left me.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
In Context
2Verily there are mockers, with me! And, on their insults, mine eye doth rest.
Cross References
Job 7:6My days, are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and they are spent, without hope.
Job 17:11My days, are past, my purposes, are broken off, the possessions of my heart!
Job 19:17My breath, is strange to my wife, and I am loathsome to the sons of my own mother;
Psalms 88:3For my soul, is sated with misfortunes, And, my life—unto Hades, hath drawn near;
Isaiah 38:10I, said—In the noontide of my days, I must enter the gates of hades,—I am deprived of the residue of my years!
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 →