Job 17:11
9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- My days have passed; my plans are broken off— even the desires of my heart.
- KJV
- My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
- WEB
- My days are past. My plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart.
- ASV
- My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.
- DARBY
- My days are past, my purposes are broken off, the cherished thoughts of my heart.
- BLB
- My days have passed by, my plans are pulled out—the possessions of my heart.
- ÅB
- Mine dager er faret forbi, mine planer sønderrevet - mitt hjertes eiendom!
- OTB
- Mine dager er forbi, mine planer er knust,
Hjertets ønsker. - B1930
- Mine dager er faret forbi, mine planer sønderrevet - mitt hjertes eiendom!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 7:6
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
Read in contextIsaiah 38:10
I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
Read in contextProverbs 16:9
A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
Read in contextJames 4:13–15
Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
Read in contextIsaiah 8:10
Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
Read in contextLamentations 3:37
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
Read in context2 Corinthians 1:15–17
And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;
Read in contextJob 9:25–26
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
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