Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Job 17:7 Cross-References
Explore 7 cross-references for Job 17:7 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 17 verse 7 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow. my members: or, my thoughts”
Job 17:7 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 17:7
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow (וַתֵּכַהּ מִכַּעַשׂ עֵינִי, vattekhah mikka'as eini)—Tekhah (grows dim/darkens) describes failing vision from grief or age. Ka'as (sorrow/grief/vexation) is emotional and physical anguish. Job's suffering has literal physiological effects, contradicting his friends' assumption that only the wicked suffer visibly.And all my members are as a shadow (וִיצֻרַי כַּצֵּל כֻּלָּם, viytsurai khatsel kullam)—Yetsurai (my members/forms/frame) refers to Job's bodily parts. Khatsel (as a shadow) evokes Psalm 102:11 and 144:4—human life's brevity and fragility. Job ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 17:7
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“Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.”
“My face is foul with weeping”
“Yahweh”
“all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?”
“And thou hast filled me with wrinkles”
“For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.”
“I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.”