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Job Prepares for Death

Job 17:11

In 11 translations

BSB
My days have passed; my plans are broken off— even the desires of my heart.
KJV
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.the thoughts: Heb. the possessions
WEB
My days are past. My plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart.
ASV
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.
LSV
My days have passed by, || My plans have been broken off, || The possessions of my heart!
YLT
My days have passed by, My devices have been broken off, The possessions of my heart!
DBY
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, the cherished thoughts of my heart.
DRC
My days have passed away, my thoughts are dissipated, tormenting my heart.
GNV
My dayes are past, mine enterprises are broken, and the thoughts of mine heart
JPS
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
LXXE
My days have passed in groaning, and my heart-strings are broken.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
יָמַ֣י עָ֭בְרוּ זִמֹּתַ֣י נִתְּק֑וּ מ֖וֹרָשֵׁ֣י לְבָבִֽי׃
LXX-Br
Αἱ ἡμέραι μου παρῆλθον ἐν βρόμῳ, ἐῤῥάγη δὲ τὰ ἄρθρα τῆς καρδίας μου.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 7:6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
  • Isaiah 38:10I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.”
  • Proverbs 16:9A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
  • Lamentations 3:37Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
  • Isaiah 8:10Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”
  • James 4:13–15Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.” You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist…
  • 2 Corinthians 1:15–17Confident of this, I planned to visit you first, so that you might receive a double blessing. I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to return to you from Macedonia, and then to have you help me on my way to…
  • Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
  • Proverbs 19:21Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
  • Job 9:25–26My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good. They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
  • Romans 1:13I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you (but have been prevented from visiting until now), in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other…

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