Job 17:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

My eyes have become dark because of my pain, and all my body is wasted to a shade.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 16:16 : 16 My face is red with weeping, and my eyes are becoming dark;
  • Ps 6:7 : 7 My eyes are wasting away with trouble; they are becoming old because of all those who are against me.
  • Ps 31:9-9 : 9 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; my eyes are wasted with grief, I am wasted in soul and body. 10 My life goes on in sorrow, and my years in weeping; my strength is almost gone because of my sin, and my bones are wasted away.
  • Ps 109:23 : 23 I am gone like the shade when it is stretched out: I am forced out of my place like a locust.
  • Eccl 6:12 : 12 Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?
  • Lam 5:17 : 17 Because of this our hearts are feeble; for these things our eyes are dark;
  • Job 16:8 : 8 It has come up as a witness against me, and the wasting of my flesh makes answer to my face.

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    9Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; my eyes are wasted with grief, I am wasted in soul and body.

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    10My heart goes out in pain, my strength is wasting away; as for the light of my eyes, it is gone from me.

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    17Because of this our hearts are feeble; for these things our eyes are dark;

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    17My feet are near to falling, and my sorrow is ever before me.

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    20My friends make sport of me; to God my eyes are weeping,

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