Job 17:7

Job 17:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
• New International Version (NIV)My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow.
• English Standard Version (ESV)My eye has grown dim from vexation, and all my members are like a shadow.
• New King James Version (NKJV)My eye has also grown dim because of sorrow, And all my members are like shadows.

Context of Job 17:7

5People may turn against their friends to get things for themselves. If they do that, their children should become blind. 6You have caused people to insult me, like that proverb says. People even spit at my face. I have cried so much that my eyes have become weak. My body is so thin that I am like a shadow. 8Good people are upset, when they see what is happening to me. They are angry with those who turn away from you. 9Righteous people continue to do things that are right. People who do good things become stronger.

Job 17:7 word by word

וַתֵּ֣כַהּ מִכַּ֣עַשׂ עֵינִ֑י וִֽיצֻרַ֖י כַּצֵּ֣ל כֻּלָּֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Mine eyeעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• also is dimכָּהָהkâhâh · to grow dimH3543
• by reason of sorrowכַּ֫עַשׂka‛as ka‛aώ · vexationH3708
• and all my membersיְצֻרִיםyâtsûr · memberH3338
• as a shadowצֵלtsêl · shadowH6738

Cross-references for Job 17:7

• Job 16:16I have cried so much that my face is red. There are dark circles around my eyes.
• Psalms 6:7I am so sad that my eyes do not see well any more. They are becoming weak because of all my enemies.
• Psalms 31:9Lord, I am very upset, so please be kind to me. My eyes are tired because I weep so much. My whole body has become very weak.
• Lamentations 5:17So our bodies feel ill and we feel ill deep inside us. Our eyes are very tired and we cannot hope for good things any longer.
• Job 17:11I will not live for many more days. I will never do the things that I wanted to do.
• Psalms 109:23I will soon be gone, like a shadow that disappears in the evening. I am like an insect that the wind blows away.
• Ecclesiastes 6:12Nobody knows the best way for us to live our lives. We live for only a few years and our lives seem to have no purpose. Our lives quickly disappear, like a shadow. Nobody can tell us what will happen on the earth after our death.

Commentaries on Job 17:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Mine eye also is dim - Continual weeping impairs the sight; and indeed any affliction that debilitates the frame generally weakens the sight in the same proportion. All my members are as a shadow - Nothing is left but skin and bone. I am but the shadow of my former self.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Mine eye is dim by reason of sorrow - Schultens supposes that this refers to his external appearance in general, as being worn down, exhausted, “defaced” by his many troubles; but it seems rather to mean that his eyes failed on account of weeping. And all my members are as a shadow - “I am a mere skeleton, I am exhausted and emaciated by my sufferings.” It is common to speak of persons who are emaciated by sickness or famine as mere shadows. Thus, Livy…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. (Psa 6:7; 31:9; De 34:7). members--literally, "figures"; all the individual members being peculiar forms of the body; opposed to "shadow," which looks like a figure without solidity.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 17:7

• Afflictions and Adversities

In the dictionaries

• Extinct
• Hold
• Eye

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