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Job 17

Introduction

1  Job appeals from men to God.
6  The unmerciful dealing of men with the afflicted may astonish, but not discourage the righteous.
11  His hope is not in life, but in death.
Verse 1

My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
breath is corrupt
or, spirit is spent.
19:17
my days
6:11, 42:16, Isaiah 57:16
the graves
13,14, Psalms 88:3-5, Isaiah 38:10-14
Verse 2

Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
mockers
12:4, 13:9, 16:20, 21:3, Psalms 35:14-16, Matthew 27:39-44
continue
Heb. lodge.
Psalms 25:13, 91:1; *marg:
provocation
1 Samuel 1:6,7
Verse 3

Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
put me
9:33, Genesis 43:9, 44:32, Proverbs 11:15, 20:16, Hebrews 7:22
strike
Proverbs 6:11, 11:15; *marg:; Proverbs 17:18, 22:26
Verse 4

For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
2 Samuel 15:31, 17:14, 2 Chronicles 25:16, Isaiah 19:14, Matthew 11:25, 13:11, Romans 11:8, 1 Corinthians 1:20
Verse 5

He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
He that
32:21,22, Psalms 12:2,3, Proverbs 20:19, 29:5, 1 Thessalonians 2:5
the eyes
Exodus 20:5, Deuteronomy 28:65, 1 Kings 11:12, Lamentations 4:17
Verse 6

He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
a by-word
30:9, 1 Kings 9:7, Psalms 44:14
aforetime
or, before them. as a tabret.
Genesis 31:27, Isaiah 5:12
Verse 7

Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
Mine eye
16:16, Psalms 6:7, 31:9,10, Lamentations 5:17
members
or, thoughts.
shadow
Psalms 109:23, Ecclesiastes 6:12
Verse 8

Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
astonied
Psalms 73:12-15, Ecclesiastes 5:8, Habakkuk 1:13, Romans 11:33
stir up
34:30, Acts 13:46
Verse 9

The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
hold on
Psalms 84:7,11, Proverbs 4:18, 14:16, Isaiah 35:8-10, 1 Peter 1:5, 1 John 2:19
clean
Genesis 20:5, Psalms 24:4, 26:6, 73:13, Isaiah 1:15,16, Mark 7:2
be stronger and stronger
Heb. add strength.
Isaiah 40:29-31, 2 Corinthians 12:9,10
Verse 10

But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
do ye return
6:29, Malachi 3:18
for I
4, 15:9, 32:9, 42:7, 1 Corinthians 1:20, 6:5
Verse 11

My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
My days
7:6, 9:25,26, Isaiah 38:10
purposes
Proverbs 16:9, 19:21, Ecclesiastes 9:10, Isaiah 8:10, Lamentations 3:37, Romans 1:13, 2 Corinthians 1:15-17, James 4:13-15
thoughts
Heb. possessions.
Verse 12

They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
change
7:3,4,13,14, 24:14-16, Deuteronomy 28:67
short
Heb. near.
Verse 13

If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
If I wait
14:14, Psalms 27:14, Lamentations 3:25,26
the grave
1, 10:21,22, 30:23
I have made
Psalms 139:8, Isaiah 57:2
Verse 14

I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
said
Heb. cried, or, called. corruption.
21:32,33, Psalms 16:10, 49:9, Acts 2:27-31, 13:34-37, 1 Corinthians 15:42,53,54
to the worm
19:26, 24:20, Isaiah 14:11
Verse 15

And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
my hope
4:6, 6:11, 13:15, 19:10
Verse 16

They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
the bars of the pit
18:13,14, 33:18-28, Psalms 88:4-8, 143:7, Isaiah 38:17,18, Jonah 2:6
rest
3:17-19, Ezekiel 37:11, 2 Corinthians 1:9

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