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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,
The

grave is ready for me.

No Themes for this verse.

Job 17:2 (show verse)

“Surely mockers are with me,
And my eye gazes on their provocation.

Persecution » Instances of » Of job

Job 17:3 (show verse)

“Lay down, now, a pledge for me with Yourself;
Who is there that will be my guarantor?

Hand » Of friendship
hands » Suretiship entered into by striking

Job 17:4 (show verse)

“For You have

kept their heart from understanding,

Therefore You will not exalt them.

No Themes for this verse.

Job 17:5 (show verse)

“He who informs against friends for a share of the spoil,
The eyes of his children also will languish.

Flattery » Punishment of

Job 17:6 (show verse)

“But He has made me a byword of the people,
And I am one at whom men spit.

No Themes for this verse.

Job 17:7 (show verse)

“My eye has also grown dim because of grief,
And all my members are as a shadow.

Eyes » Grows dim by sorrow

Job 17:8 (show verse)

“The upright will be appalled at this,
And the innocent will stir up himself against the godless.

No Themes for this verse.

Job 17:9 (show verse)

“Nevertheless the righteous will hold to his way,
And he who has clean hands will grow stronger and 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 again all of you now,
For I do not find a wise man among you.

No Themes for this verse.

Job 17:11 (show verse)

“My days are past, my plans are torn apart,
Even the wishes of my heart.

No Themes for this verse.

Job 17:12 (show verse)

“They make night into day, saying,
‘The light is near,’ in the presence of darkness.

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Job 17:13 (show verse)

“If I look for Sheol as my home,
I make my bed in the darkness;

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

Job 17:14 (show verse)

If I call to the pit, ‘You are my father’;
To the worm, ‘my mother and my sister’;

Body » Corruptible
Corruption » Physical decomposition » After death

Job 17:15 (show verse)

Where now is my hope?
And who regards my hope?

No Themes for this verse.

Job 17:16 (show verse)

“Will it go down with me to Sheol?
Shall we together go down into the dust?”

No Themes for this verse.