Job 17:7
And dim from sorrow is mine eye, And my members as a shadow all of them.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
In Context
6And he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am.
8Astonished are the upright at this, And the innocent against the profane Stirreth himself up.
Cross References
Job 16:8And Thou dost loathe me, For a witness it hath been, And rise up against me doth my failure, In my face it testifieth.
Psalms 6:7Old from provocation is mine eye, It is old because of all mine adversaries,
Psalms 31:9Favour me, O Jehovah, for distress [is] to me, Mine eye, my soul, and my body Have become old by provocation.
Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knoweth what [is] good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he maketh them as a shadow? for who declareth to man what is 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 →