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Job 17:15 Cross-References
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“And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?”
Job 17:15 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 17:15
'And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?' The double question emphasizes hopelessness: 'where is my hope?' (אַיֵּה אֵפוֹ תִקְוָתִי, ayyeh efo tiqvati) and 'who shall see it?' (מִי יְשׁוּרֶנָּה, mi yeshurenah). This is faith's darkest night—not denying hope's existence but unable to locate it. The Reformed tradition acknowledges such dark nights (St. John of the Cross, Puritan writings on desertion). Job doesn't manufacture false hope but cries from genuine hopelessness. God meets us in this honesty. Interestingly, Job eventually receives answer and restoration, but not thro...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 17:15
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“he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless”
“and I am gone. My hope he has plucked up like a tree.”
“that I should wait? What is my end”
“Is not this thy fear”
“and are spent without hope.”