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.
• New International Version (NIV)My spirit is broken, my days are cut short, the grave awaits 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.

Context of Job 17:1

“My spirit is crushed, and my life is nearly snuffed out. The grave is ready to receive me. 2I am surrounded by mockers. I watch how bitterly they taunt me. 3“You must defend my innocence, O God, since no one else will stand up 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 repulsive to my wife. I am rejected by my own family.
• Job 6:11But I don’t have the strength to endure. I have nothing to live for.
• Job 42:16Job lived 140 years after that, living to see four generations of his children and grandchildren.
• Isaiah 57:16For I will not fight against you forever; I will not always be angry. If I were, all people would pass away— all the souls I have made.
• Job 17:13What if I go to the grave and make my bed in darkness?
• Psalms 88:3For my life is full of troubles, and death draws near.
• Isaiah 38:10I said, “In the prime of my life, must I now enter the place of the dead? Am I to 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