Cross References

Job 17:1

Modern English Version

“My spirit is broken, my days are extinguished, the grave is ready for me.

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“For when a few years have passed, I will go the way from which I will not return.

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

My breath is offensive to my wife; I am loathsome to the children of my own body.

After this, Job lived one hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and their sons to the fourth generation.

“What strength do I have, that I should hope? And what is my end, that I should prolong my life?

“My days fly more swiftly than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.

For I will not contend forever, nor will I always be angry; for the spirit would grow faint before Me, and the souls whom I have made.