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

5They betray their friends for their own advantage, so let their children faint with hunger. 6“God has made a mockery of me among the people; they spit in my face. My eyes are swollen with weeping, and I am but a shadow of my former self. 8The virtuous are horrified when they see me. The innocent rise up against the ungodly. 9The righteous keep moving forward, and those with clean hands become stronger and 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 16:16My eyes are red with weeping; dark shadows circle my eyes.
• Psalms 6:7My vision is blurred by grief; my eyes are worn out because of all my enemies.
• Psalms 31:9Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am in distress. Tears blur my eyes. My body and soul are withering away.
• Lamentations 5:17Our hearts are sick and weary, and our eyes grow dim with tears.
• Job 17:11My days are over. My hopes have disappeared. My heart’s desires are broken.
• Psalms 109:23I am fading like a shadow at dusk; I am brushed off like a locust.
• Ecclesiastes 6:12In the few days of our meaningless lives, who knows how our days can best be spent? Our lives are like a shadow. Who can tell what will happen on this earth after we are gone?

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
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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