Job 17 · Verse 11

Job 17:11

My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
Job 17:11, King James Version

Job 17:11 in other translations

BSBMy days have passed; my plans are broken off— even the desires of my heart.
WEBMy days are past. My plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart.
ASVMy days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.
YLTMy days have passed by, My devices have been broken off, The possessions of my heart!
DARBYMy days are past, my purposes are broken off, the cherished thoughts of my heart.
BBEMy days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the desires of my heart.
WebsterMy days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

What does Job 17:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. 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 (Is 38:12). thoughts--literally, "possessions," that is, all the feelings and fair hopes which my heart once nourished. These belong to the heart, as "purposes" to the understanding; the two together here describe the entire inner man.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 My days are past - Job seems to relapse here into his former state of gloom. These transitions are very frequent in this poem; and they strongly mark the struggle of piety and resignation with continued affliction, violent temptation, and gloomy providences. The thoughts of my heart - All my purposes are interrupted; and all my schemes and plans, in relation to myself and family, are torn asunder, destroyed, and dissipated.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 17:10-16

Job's friends had pretended to comfort him with the hope of his return to a prosperous estate; he here shows that those do not go wisely about the work of comforting the afflicted, who fetch their comforts from the possibility of recovery in this world. It is our wisdom to comfort ourselves, and others, in distress, with that which will not fail; the promise of God, his love and grace, and a well-grounded hope of…

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Job 17:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יָמַ֣יya.Maidays myH3117
עָ֭בְרוּ'A.ve.ruthey have passedH5674
זִמֹּתַ֣יzi.mo.Taiplans myH2154
נִתְּק֑וּni.te.Kuthey have been torn apartH5423
מ֖וֹרָשֵׁ֣יmo.ra.Shei[the] wishes ofH4180
לְבָבִֽי\׃le.va.Viheart myH3824

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 17:11

  • Job 7:6

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

  • Isaiah 38:10

    I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.

  • Proverbs 16:9

    A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.

  • James 4:13-15

    Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

  • Isaiah 8:10

    Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

  • Lamentations 3:37

    Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

  • 2 Corinthians 1:15-17

    And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit; And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judea. When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?

  • Job 9:25-26

    Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.

  • Ecclesiastes 9:10

    Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

  • Romans 1:13

    Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.

  • Proverbs 19:21

    There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
My days.
7:6; 9:25,26; Isa 38:10
purposes.
Pr 16:9; 19:21; Ec 9:10; Isa 8:10; La 3:37; Ro 1:13; 2Co 1:15-17
Jas 4:13-15
thoughts. Heb. possessions.

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Context

  • Job 17:10

    But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.

  • Job 17:11

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

  • Job 17:12

    They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

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Job 17:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Pasáronse mis días, fueron arrancados mis pensamientos, los designios de mi corazón.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Mes jours sont passés, mes desseins sont frustrés, – les plans chéris de mon cœur.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Meine Tage sind vorüber, zerrissen sind meine Pläne, das Eigentum meines Herzens.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Dies mei transierunt; cogitationes meæ dissipatæ sunt, torquentes cor meum.