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Job 17:11 KJV
Job · chapter 17 · verse 11
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.Job 17:11 · King James Version
Job 17:11 in context
9The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
10But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
12They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
13If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- purposeszimmâha plan, especially a bad oneH2154 →
- thoughtsmôwrâsha possessionH4180 →
- daysyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
- pastʻâbarto cross overH5674 →
- offnâthaqto tear offH5423 →
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Job's friends had pretended to comfort him with the hopes of his return to a prosperous estate again; now he here shows, I. That it was their folly to talk so (Job 17:10): "Return, and come now, be convinced that you are in an error, and let me persuade you to be of my mind;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-16