Job 17:15

Job 17:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
• New International Version (NIV)where then is my hope— who can see any hope for me?
• English Standard Version (ESV)where then is my hope? Who will see my hope?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Where then is my hope? As for my hope, who can see it?

Context of Job 17:15

13The only home that I hope to go to is my grave. I will lie down to sleep there in the dark. 14I will say to the grave, “You are my father.” I will say to the worms that eat me, “Hello, my mother. Hello, my sister.” I can hope for nothing that is better than that. No one can find anything better for me. 16When I go to the world of dead people, all my hope will have finished. Everything that I had hoped for will lie with me in the dust.’

Job 17:15 word by word

וְ֭אַיֵּה אֵפ֣וֹ תִקְוָתִ֑י וְ֝תִקְוָתִ֗י מִ֣י יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• nowאֵפוֹ'êphô 'êphô' · thenH645
• my hopeתִּקְוָהtiqvâh · hopeH8615
• who shall seeשׁוּרshûr · to seeH7789

Cross-references for Job 17:15

• Job 4:6But you respect God's authority, so you should trust him. You live in an honest way, so you should still hope for better things.
• Job 6:11I am not strong enough to hope for my life to become any better. There is no reason for me to continue my life.
• Job 13:15Even if God kills me, I will still trust him. I will tell him why I am not guilty.
• Job 19:10Everywhere that I go, God is there to attack me. He is ready to destroy me. He has taken away my hope, as if he has dug a tree out of the ground.

Commentaries on Job 17:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15And where is now my hope? - In the circumstances in which I am found, of what use can hope be? Were I to form the expectation of future good, who could ever see it realized? Is it then any wonder that I should complain and bemoan my wretched lot?Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15And where is now my hope? - What hope have I of life? What possibility is there of my escape from death? Who shall see it? - That is, who will see any hopes that I may now cherish fulfilled. If I cherish any, they will be disappointed, and no one will see them accomplished.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-16Verses 10-16 Job's friends had pretended to comfort him with the hope of his return to a prosperous estate; he here shows that those do not go wisely about the work of comforting the afflicted, who fetch their comforts from the possibility of recovery in this world. It is our wisdom to comfort ourselves, and others, in distress, with that which will not fail; the promise of God, his love and grace, and a well-grounded hope of eternal life. See how Job…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-16Job no longer trusted his friends and thought he would die without hope (6:15–21; 13:4–5; 16:2–3; compare 12:2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. Who shall see it fulfilled? namely, the "hope" (Job 11:18) which they held out to him of restoration.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 17:15

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Dead (People)
• Despondency

In the dictionaries

• Extinct
• Hold

Commentaries on Job 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings