Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow. New Living Translation My eyes are swollen with weeping, and I am but a shadow of my former self. English Standard Version My eye has grown dim from vexation, and all my members are like a shadow. Berean Standard Bible My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow. King James Bible Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow. New King James Version My eye has also grown dim because of sorrow, And all my members are like shadows. New American Standard Bible “My eye has also become inexpressive because of grief, And all my body parts are like a shadow. NASB 1995 “My eye has also grown dim because of grief, And all my members are as a shadow. NASB 1977 “My eye has also grown dim because of grief, And all my members are as a shadow. Legacy Standard Bible My eye has also grown dim because of grief, And all my members are as a shadow. Amplified Bible “My eye has grown dim (unexpressive) because of grief, And all my [body’s] members are [wasted away] like a shadow. Christian Standard Bible My eyes have grown dim from grief, and my whole body has become but a shadow. Holman Christian Standard Bible My eyes have grown dim from grief, and my whole body has become but a shadow. American Standard Version Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow. Aramaic Bible in Plain English My eye aches from passion and all my senses are as a shadow Brenton Septuagint Translation For my eyes are dimmed through pain; I have been grievously beset by all. Contemporary English Version I am almost blind with grief; my body is a mere shadow. Douay-Rheims Bible My eye is dim through indignation, and my limbs are brought as it were to nothing. English Revised Version Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow. GOD'S WORD® Translation Now my eyes are blurred from grief. Now all my limbs are like a shadow. Good News Translation My grief has almost made me blind; my arms and legs are as thin as shadows. International Standard Version My eyes have grown weak from grief; and my whole body is as thin as a shadow. JPS Tanakh 1917 Mine eye also is dimmed by reason of vexation, And all my members are as a shadow. Literal Standard Version And my eye is dim from sorrow, | And my members—all of them—as a shadow. Majority Standard Bible My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow. New American Bible My eyes are blind with anguish, and my whole frame is like a shadow. NET Bible My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow. New Revised Standard Version My eye has grown dim from grief, and all my members are like a shadow. New Heart English Bible My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow. Webster's Bible Translation My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shade. World English Bible My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow. Young's Literal Translation And dim from sorrow is mine eye, And my members as a shadow all of them. Additional Translations ... Context Job Prepares for Death…6He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit. 7My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow. 8The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent are stirred against the godless.… Cross References Job 16:8 You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me. Job 16:16 My face is red with weeping, and deep shadows ring my eyes; Job 16:20 My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God. Psalm 6:7 My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes. Lamentations 5:17 Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim-- Treasury of Scripture My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow. Mine eye Job 16:16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death; Psalm 6:7 Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies. Psalm 31:9,10 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly… members. Job 17:11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. shadow Psalm 109:23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. Ecclesiastes 6:12 For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? Jump to Previous Body Dark Dim Dimmed Eye Eyes Frame Grief Grown Members Pain Reason Shade Shadow Sorrow Vexation Wasted WholeJump to Next Body Dark Dim Dimmed Eye Eyes Frame Grief Grown Members Pain Reason Shade Shadow Sorrow Vexation Wasted WholeJob 17 1. Job appeals from men to God6. The unmerciful dealing of men with the afflicted may astonish, 9. but not discourage the righteous 11. His hope is not in life, but in death Verse 7. - Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow (comp. Psalm 6:7; Psalm 31:9). Excessive weeping, such as stains the cheeks (Job 16:16), will also in most cases dim and dull the eyesight. And all my members are as a shadow. Weak, that is, worn out, unstable, fleeting, ready to pass away. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew My eyesעֵינִ֑י (‘ê·nî) Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain have grown dim וַתֵּ֣כַהּ (wat·tê·ḵah) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 3543: To be weak, to despond, to grow dull with grief, מִכַּ֣עַשׂ (mik·ka·‘aś) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3708: Vexation, anger and my whole כֻּלָּֽם׃ (kul·lām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every body וִֽיצֻרַ֖י (wî·ṣu·ray) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 3338: Structure, limb, part is but a shadow. כַּצֵּ֣ל (kaṣ·ṣêl) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6738: A shadow Links Job 17:7 NIVJob 17:7 NLT Job 17:7 ESV Job 17:7 NASB Job 17:7 KJV Job 17:7 BibleApps.com Job 17:7 Biblia Paralela Job 17:7 Chinese Bible Job 17:7 French Bible Job 17:7 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 17:7 My eye also is dim by reason (Jb) |
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