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Job 17:1

King James Version (KJV)

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Job 17:1

Verse 1 of 16

Scripture focus

My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves [are ready] for me.

Job 17:1 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 17:1

Theological / Devotional

Is corrupt. Literally, “is mined,” “is broken.” The same form of the Hebrew verb occurs in Isa. 10:27, and is there translated “shall be destroyed.” Instead of “my breath” (Heb. nichi) we may read “my spirit.”

This chapter is a continuation of Job’s complaints, which began with ch. 16. Logically, this chapter division should either have been omitted or have been placed after ch. 16:21.

Extinct. Job feels he is close to death.

Graves. The LXX and the Vulgate render this word in the singular. The plural in the Hebrew may be explained by regarding it as referring to the niches commonly cut in a burial chamber to receive dead bodies.

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