Job 17:7

New International Reader's Version

My eyes have grown weak because I’m so sad. My body is so thin it hardly casts a shadow.

Cross References

Job 16:16

My face is red from crying. I have dark circles under my eyes.

Job 16:20

My go-between is my friend as I pour out my tears to God.

Job 16:8

People can see the condition he has put me in. My thin body stands as a witness against me.

Job 7:5

My body is covered with worms and sores. My skin is broken. It has boils all over it.

Psalm 109:23

I fade away like an evening shadow. I’m like a locust that someone brushes off.

Psalm 6:7

I’m so sad I can’t see very well. My eyesight gets worse because of all my enemies.

Psalm 6:8

Get away from me, all you who do evil. The Lord has heard my weeping.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

Who knows what’s good for a person? They live for only a few meaningless days. They pass through life like a shadow. Who can tell them what will happen on earth after they are gone?

Lamentations 5:17

So our hearts are weak. Our eyes can’t see very clearly.