Job 17:11
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
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 9:10Whatever 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 I have often purposed to come to you (but have been hitherto hindered) 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 →