Job 17:11

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“My days have passed; my plans are broken off— even the desires of my heart.”

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BSBPD

“My days have passed; my plans are broken off— even the desires of my heart.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“My days have passed by, My devices have been broken off, The possessions of my heart!”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 17:11 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 7:6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
  2. Job 9:25My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.
  3. Job 17:1“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.
  4. Proverbs 16:1The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD.
  5. Proverbs 16:9A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
  6. Proverbs 19:21Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
  7. Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
  8. Isaiah 8:10Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”
  9. Isaiah 38:10I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.”
  10. Lamentations 3:37Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
  11. Romans 1:13I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you (but have been prevented from visiting until now), in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.
  12. 2 Corinthians 1:15Confident of this, I planned to visit you first, so that you might receive a double blessing.
  13. James 4:13Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”

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