Job 17:7

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 16:16 : 16 my face is reddened because of weeping, and on my eyelids there is a deep darkness,
  • Ps 6:7 : 7 My eyes grow dim from suffering; they grow weak because of all my enemies.
  • Ps 31:9-9 : 9 Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am in distress! My eyes grow dim from suffering. I have lost my strength. 10 For my life nears its end in pain; my years draw to a close as I groan. My strength fails me because of my sin, and my bones become brittle.
  • Ps 109:23 : 23 I am fading away like a shadow at the end of the day; I am shaken off like a locust.
  • Eccl 6:12 : 12 For no one knows what is best for a person during his life– during the few days of his fleeting life– for they pass away like a shadow. Nor can anyone tell him what the future will hold for him on earth.
  • Lam 5:17 : 17 Because of this, our hearts are sick; because of these things, we can hardly see through our tears.
  • Job 16:8 : 8 You have seized me, and it has become a witness; my leanness has risen up against me and testifies against me.

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  • Ps 6:7
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    7My eyes grow dim from suffering; they grow weak because of all my enemies.

  • Job 16:15-16
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    15I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and buried my horn in the dust;

    16my face is reddened because of weeping, and on my eyelids there is a deep darkness,

  • Ps 31:9-11
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    79%

    9Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am in distress! My eyes grow dim from suffering. I have lost my strength.

    10For my life nears its end in pain; my years draw to a close as I groan. My strength fails me because of my sin, and my bones become brittle.

    11Because of all my enemies, people disdain me; my neighbors are appalled by my suffering– those who know me are horrified by my condition; those who see me in the street run away from me.

  • Ps 38:10
    78%

    10My heart beats quickly; my strength leaves me; I can hardly see.

  • Job 17:6
    78%

    6He has made me a byword to people, I am the one in whose face they spit.

  • Job 7:6-8
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    78%

    6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle and they come to an end without hope.

    7Remember that my life is but a breath, that my eyes will never again see happiness.

    8The eye of him who sees me now will see me no more; your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone.

  • Ps 102:11
    77%

    11My days are coming to an end, and I am withered like grass.

  • Lam 5:17
    76%

    17Because of this, our hearts are sick; because of these things, we can hardly see through our tears.

  • Ps 38:17
    76%

    17For I am about to stumble, and I am in constant pain.

  • Job 16:20
    75%

    20My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;

  • Ps 88:9
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    9My eyes grow weak because of oppression. I call out to you, O LORD, all day long; I spread out my hands in prayer to you.

  • Ps 143:3-4
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    75%

    3Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages.

    4My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.

  • Lam 3:51
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    51What my eyes see grieves me– all the suffering of the daughters in my city.

  • Job 16:7-8
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    7Surely now he has worn me out, you have devastated my entire household.

    8You have seized me, and it has become a witness; my leanness has risen up against me and testifies against me.

  • Lam 1:16
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    16ע(Ayin) I weep because of these things; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one in sight who can comfort me or encourage me. My children are desolated because an enemy has prevailed.

  • Ps 38:6
    75%

    6I am dazed and completely humiliated; all day long I walk around mourning.

  • Job 17:11-13
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    11My days have passed, my plans are shattered, even the desires of my heart.

    12These men change night into day; they say,‘The light is near in the face of darkness.’

    13If I hope for the grave to be my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,

  • Jer 8:18
    74%

    18Then I said,“There is no cure for my grief! I am sick at heart!

  • Job 17:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1My spirit is broken, my days have faded out, the grave awaits me.

    2Surely mockery is with me; my eyes must dwell on their hostility.

  • Lam 1:20-22
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    74%

    20ר(Resh) Look, O LORD! I am distressed; my stomach is in knots! My heart is pounding inside me. Yes, I was terribly rebellious! Out in the street the sword bereaves a mother of her children; Inside the house death is present.

    21ש(Sin/Shin) They have heard that I groan, yet there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have brought it about. Bring about the day of judgment that you promised so that they may end up like me!

    22ת(Tav) Let all their wickedness come before you; afflict them just as you have afflicted me because of all my acts of rebellion. For my groans are many, and my heart is sick with sorrow.

  • Job 23:17
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    17Yet I have not been silent because of the darkness, because of the thick darkness that covered my face.

  • Job 30:16
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    16Job’s Despondency“And now my soul pours itself out within me; days of suffering take hold of me.

  • Isa 38:12
    73%

    12My dwelling place is removed and taken away from me like a shepherd’s tent. I rolled up my life like a weaver rolls cloth; from the loom he cuts me off. You turn day into night and end my life.

  • Job 30:31
    73%

    31My harp is used for mourning and my flute for the sound of weeping.

  • Lam 1:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12ל(Lamed) Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by on the road? Look and see! Is there any pain like mine? The Lord has afflicted me, he has inflicted it on me when he burned with anger.

    13מ(Mem) He sent down fire into my bones, and it overcame them. He spread out a trapper’s net for my feet; he made me turn back. He has made me desolate; I am faint all day long.

  • Lam 3:4
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    4ב(Bet) He has made my mortal skin waste away; he has broken my bones.

  • Ps 22:14-15
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    14My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me.

    15The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death.

  • Isa 38:15
    73%

    15What can I say? He has decreed and acted. I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief.

  • Ps 77:4
    73%

    4You held my eyelids open; I was troubled and could not speak.

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    82My eyes grow tired as I wait for your promise to be fulfilled. I say,“When will you comfort me?”

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    21Yes, my spirit was bitter, and my insides felt sharp pain.

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    5Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin.

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    73%

    6He has made me reside in deepest darkness like those who died long ago.

  • Job 7:3
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    3thus I have been made to inherit months of futility, and nights of sorrow have been appointed to me.

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    72%

    49ע(Ayin) Tears flow from my eyes and will not stop; there will be no break

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    72%

    3I am exhausted from shouting for help; my throat is sore; my eyes grow tired of looking for my God.