Job 17:1

Job 17:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"My spirit is broken; my days are extinct; the graveyard is ready for me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“My spirit is broken, My days are extinguished, The grave is ready for me.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“My spirit is crushed, and my life is nearly snuffed out. The grave is ready to receive me.

Context of Job 17:1

My spirit is broken, my days are cut short, the grave awaits me. 2Surely mockers surround me; my eyes must dwell on their hostility. 3“Give me, O God, the pledge you demand. Who else will put up security for me?

Job 17:1 word by word

רוּחִ֣י חֻ֭בָּלָה יָמַ֥י נִזְעָ֗כוּ קְבָרִ֥ים לִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• My breathרוּחַrûach · spiritH7307
• is corruptחָבַלchâbal · to destroyH2254
• my daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• are extinctזָעַךְzâ‛ak · to extinguishH2193
• the gravesקֶ֫בֶרqeber qibrâh · graveH6913

Cross-references for Job 17:1

• Job 19:17My breath is offensive to my wife; I am loathsome to my own family.
• Job 6:11“What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What prospects, that I should be patient?
• Job 42:16After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
• Isaiah 57:16I will not accuse them forever, nor will I always be angry, for then they would faint away because of me— the very people I have created.
• Job 17:13If the only home I hope for is the grave, if I spread out my bed in the realm of darkness,
• Psalms 88:3I am overwhelmed with troubles and my life draws near to death.
• Isaiah 38:10I said, “In the prime of my life must I go through the gates of death and be robbed of the rest of my years?”

Commentaries on Job 17:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1My breath is corrupt - Rather, My spirit is oppressed, חבלה רוחי ruchi chubbalah : My days are extinct, and the sepulchral cells are ready for me - Parkhurst. There is probably a reference here to cemeteries, where were several niches, in Each of which a corpse was deposited. See on Job 17:16; (note). For חבלה chubbalah, corrupted or oppressed, some MSS. have חלה chalah, is made weak; and one has גבלה is worn down, consumed: this is agreeable to the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1My breath is corrupt - Margin or “spirit is spent.” The idea is, that his vital powers were nearly extinct; his breath failed; his power was weakened, and he was ready to die. This is connected with the previous chapter, and should not have been separated from it. There was no necessity of making a new chapter here, and we have one of those unfortunate breaks in the middle of a paragraph, and almost of a sentence, which are too common in the Scriptures…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Job appeals from man to God. (1-9) His hope is not in life, but in death. (10-16) Verses 1-9 Job reflects upon the harsh censures his friends had passed upon him, and, looking on himself as a dying man, he appeals to God. Our time is ending. It concerns us carefully to redeem the days of time, and to spend them in getting ready for eternity. We see the good use the righteous should make of Job's afflictions from God, from enemies, and from friends…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1My spirit is broken: This can mean a truly sorry attitude (Psalm 51:17). But it usually means a very sad "spirit" (Proverbs 18:14).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-161. breath ... corrupt--result of elephantiasis. But Umbreit, "my strength (spirit) is spent." extinct--Life is compared to an expiring light. "The light of my day is extinguished." graves--plural, to heighten the force.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 17:1

• Life

In the dictionaries

• Extinct
• Hold
• Consume
• Holy Spirit

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