Job 17:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.”
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BSBPD
“My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And dim from sorrow is mine eye, And my members as a shadow all of them.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 17:7 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 7:5My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.
- Job 16:8You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.
- Job 16:16My face is red with weeping, and deep shadows ring my eyes;
- Psalms 6:7My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.
- Psalms 6:8Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping.
- Psalms 31:9Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.
- Psalms 109:23I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
- Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
- Lamentations 5:17Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—
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