Job 17:7
My eyes have grown dim from grief, and all my limbs are like a shadow.
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Other Translations
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
KJV1611 – Modern English
My eye also is dim because of sorrow, and all my members are like a shadow.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
Mine eye{H5869} also is dim{H3543} by reason of sorrow,{H3708} And all my members{H3338} are as a shadow.{H6738}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
Mine eye{H5869} also is dim{H3543}{(H8799)} by reason of sorrow{H3708}, and all my members{H3338} are as a shadow{H6738}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
My countenaunce is heuy for very anger, & the membres of my body are become like a shadowe.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Mine eye therefore is dimme for griefe, and all my strength is like a shadowe.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Myne eye is dimme for very heauinesse, and all my strength is lyke a shadowe.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members [are] as a shadow.
Webster's Bible (1833)
My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
And dim from sorrow is mine eye, And my members as a shadow all of them.
American Standard Version (1901)
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.
American Standard Version (1901)
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
My eyes have become dark because of my pain, and all my body is wasted to a shade.
World English Bible (2000)
My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow.
Referenced Verses
- Job 16:16 : 16 My face is red with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death.
- Ps 6:7 : 7 I am worn out from my groaning; all night long I drench my bed with tears and flood my couch with weeping.
- Ps 31:9-9 : 9 You have not handed me over to the enemy, but you have set my feet in a spacious place. 10 Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress. My eyes grow weak with sorrow, as do my soul and my body.
- Ps 109:23 : 23 I am fading away like a shadow at sunset; I am shaken off like a locust.
- Eccl 6:12 : 12 For who knows what is good for a person in life, during the few days of their fleeting life? They pass like a shadow. Who can tell them what will happen under the sun after they are gone?
- Lam 5:17 : 17 Because of this, our hearts are faint, and our eyes grow dim with tears.
- Job 16:8 : 8 You have bound me up as a witness; my gauntness rises up and testifies against me.
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