Job 17:7
Therefore hath mine eye become dim from vexation, and, my members, are like a shadow, all of them.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
In Context
6But he hath set me, as the byword of peoples, And, one to be spit on in the face, do I become.
Cross References
Job 16:8And, having captured me, it hath served, as a witness; and so my wasting away hath risen up against me, in my face, it answereth.
Psalms 6:7My face, is all sunken with sorrow,—it hath aged, because of all mine adversaries.
Psalms 31:9Show me favour, O Yahweh, for in distress am I,—Wasted with vexation, is mine eye—my soul and my body;
Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knoweth what is good for a man throughout his life, for the number of the days of his life of vanity, seeing he will make them, like a shadow,—for who can tell a man, what shall be after him, under the sun?
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 →