Job 17:7
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
In Context
6He has made me also a byword of the people; and in old times I was as a timbrel.
Cross References
Job 16:8And you have filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me bears witness to my face.
Psalms 6:7Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxs old because of all mine enemies.
Psalms 31:9Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knows what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spends as 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 →