Cross References

Job 17:1

New International Version

My spirit is broken, my days are cut short, the grave awaits me.

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“Only a few years will pass before I take the path of no return.

My days have passed, my plans are shattered. Yet the desires of my heart

My breath is offensive to my wife; I am loathsome to my own family.

After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

“What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What prospects, that I should be patient?

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

I will not accuse them forever, nor will I always be angry, for then they would faint away because of me— the very people I have created.