Job 17:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

XVII.

(1) My breath is corrupt. — As it is said to be in Elephantiasis. Some understand it, “My spirit is consumed.” (See margin.)

The graves.i.e., the grave is minemy portion. The plural is frequently used for the singular in Hebrew, as, e.g., in the case of the word blood, which is commonly plural, though with us it is never so used.

Job 17:1

1 My breatha is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.