11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
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My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
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.
A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit; …
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-16)Job’s friends had pretended to comfort him with the hopes of his return to a prosperous estate again; now he here shows, I. That it was their folly to talk so (Job 17:10): “ Return, and come now , be convinced that you are in an error, and let me persuade you to be of my mind; for I cannot find one wise man among you , that knows how to explain the difficulties of God’s providence or how to apply…
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