Job 17:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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

Only do not vainly speak of the restoration of health to me; for "my days are past."

Broken off - as the threads of the web cut off from the loom (Isaiah 38:12).

Thoughts - literally, possessions - i:e., all the feelings and fair hopes which my heart once cherished. These belong to the heart, as "purposed" to the understanding: the two together here describe the entire inner man.

Job 17:11

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