Job 17:15
And where [is] now my hope? Yea, my hope, who doth behold it?
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
In Context
14To corruption I have called: — 'Thou [art] my father.' 'My mother' and 'my sister' — to the worm.
16[To] the parts of Sheol ye go down, If together on the dust we may rest.
Cross References
Job 4:6Is not thy reverence thy confidence? Thy hope — the perfection of thy ways?
Job 7:6My days swifter than a weaving machine, And they are consumed without hope.
Job 14:19Stones have waters worn away, Their outpourings wash away the dust of earth, And the hope of man Thou hast destroyed.
Lamentations 3:18And I say, Perished hath my strength and my hope from Jehovah.
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 →