King James Version
Job 17:11 in the King James Version says “My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. the thoughts: Heb. the possessions” — study this verse from Job chapter 17 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. the thoughts: Heb. the possessions”
Job 17:11 · KJV
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. be: Heb. add strength
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. the thoughts: Heb. the possessions
They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness. short: Heb. near
If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“My days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“are past”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
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