Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

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Bible References

Mine eye

Job 16:16

“My face is red and swollen with weeping,
And on my eyelids is the shadow of death [my eyes are dimmed],
Psalm 6:7

My eye grows dim with grief;
It grows old because of all my enemies.
Psalm 31:9

Be gracious and compassionate to me, O Lord, for I am in trouble;
My eye is clouded and weakened by grief, my soul and my body also.
Lamentations 5:17

Because of this our heart is faint,
Because of these things our eyes are dim.

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Job 17:11

“My days are past, my purposes and plans are frustrated and torn apart;
The wishes of my heart [are broken].

Shadow

Psalm 109:23

I am vanishing like a shadow when it lengthens and fades;
I am shaken off like the locust.
Ecclesiastes 6:12
For who [limited by human wisdom] knows what is good for man during his lifetime, during the few days of his futile life? He spends them like a shadow [staying busy, but achieving nothing of lasting value]. For who can tell a man what will happen after him [to his work, his treasure, his plans] under the sun [after his life is over]?