Job 17:7

In 11 translations

BSB

My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.

KJV

Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.my members: or, my thoughts

WEB

My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.

ASV

Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.

LSV

And my eye is dim from sorrow, || And my members—all of them—as a shadow.

YLT

And dim from sorrow is mine eye, And my members as a shadow all of them.

DBY

And mine eye is dim by reason of grief, and all my members are as a shadow.

DRC

My eye is dim through indignation, and my limbs are brought as it were to nothing.

GNV

Mine eye therefore is dimme for griefe, and all my strength is like a shadowe.

JPS

Mine eye also is dimmed by reason of vexation, and all my members are as a shadow.

LXXE

For my eyes are dimmed through pain; I have been grievously beset by all.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַתֵּ֣כַהּ מִכַּ֣עַשׂ עֵינִ֑י וִֽיצֻרַ֖י כַּצֵּ֣ל כֻּלָּֽם׃

LXX-Br

Πεπώρωνται γὰρ ἀπὸ ὀργῆς οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου, πεπολιόρκημαι μεγάλως ὑπὸ πάντων.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 16:16My face is red with weeping, and deep shadows ring my eyes;
• Psalms 6:7My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.
• Psalms 31:9–10Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well. For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are…
• Psalms 109:23I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
• Job 16:8You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.
• Lamentations 5:17Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—
• Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?

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