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Themes in Job 17

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Themes in Job 17

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Job 17:1 (show verse)

My spirit is broken.
My days are extinguished.
A graveyard awaits me.

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Job 17:2 (show verse)

Surely mockers surround me
and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.

Persecution » Instances of » Of job

Job 17:3 (show verse)

Make arrangements! Put up security for me.

Who else will be my sponsor?

Hand » Of friendship
hands » Suretiship entered into by striking

Job 17:4 (show verse)

You have closed their minds to understanding,
therefore You will not honor them.

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Job 17:5 (show verse)

If a man informs on his friends for a price,
the eyes of his children will fail.

Flattery » Punishment of

Job 17:6 (show verse)

He has made me an object of scorn to the people;
I have become a man people spit at.

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Job 17:7 (show verse)

My eyes have grown dim from grief,
and my whole body has become but a shadow.

Eyes » Grows dim by sorrow

Job 17:8 (show verse)

The upright are appalled at this,
and the innocent are roused against the godless.

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Job 17:9 (show verse)

Yet the righteous person will hold to his way,
and the one whose hands are clean will grow stronger.

God's Promises » Mysteries of of progress » Spiritual progress a characteristic of the righteous
Hand » Symbolical of righteousness
Perseverance » In persevering to the end
Perseverance » Promised to saints
spiritual Progress » A characteristic of the righteous
Righteousness » They who walk in and follow » Shall hold on their way
Spiritual » Progress » A characteristic of the righteous
Steadfastness » Seven notable examples of » In persevering to the end
Steadfastness » A characteristic of saints

Job 17:10 (show verse)

But come back and try again, all of you.
I will not find a wise man among you.

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Job 17:11 (show verse)

My days have slipped by;
my plans have been ruined,
even the things dear to my heart.

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Job 17:12 (show verse)

They turned night into day
and made light seem near in the face of darkness.

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Job 17:13 (show verse)

If I await Sheol as my home,
spread out my bed in darkness,

Beds » Illustrative » (made in darkness,) of extreme misery

Job 17:14 (show verse)

and say to corruption: You are my father,
and to the maggot: My mother or my sister,

Body » Corruptible
Corruption » Physical decomposition » After death

Job 17:15 (show verse)

where then is my hope?
Who can see any hope for me?

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Job 17:16 (show verse)

Will it go down to the gates of Sheol,
or will we descend together to the dust?

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