Job 17:1

Modern

“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.

Traditional

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

Literal

“ My spirit is destroyed, my days are extinguished—graves are for me.

Latin

Spiritus meus attenuabitur; dies mei breviabuntur: et solum mihi superest sepulchrum.

Hebrew

English

“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.

My spirit is broken: This can mean a truly sorry attitude (Psalm 51:17). But it usually means a very sad "spirit" (Proverbs 18:14).

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah 38:10–14
I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.”
Psalm 88:3–5
For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
Isaiah 57:16
For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me—the breath of life I have made.
Job 42:16
After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
Job 6:11
What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?
Job 19:17
My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family.
Job 17:13–14
If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,