Cross References

Job 17:1

The Scriptures 1998

“My spirit has been broken, my days have been extinguished, graves are for me.

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When a few years are past, then I shall go the way of no return.

My days have passed by, my plans have been broken off – the desires of my heart.

My spirit is strange to my wife, and my kindness to the children of my own body.

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

My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without expectancy.

“For I would not strive forever, nor am I wroth forever, for the spirit would grow faint before Me, even the beings I have made.