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Job 17:1

Job 17:1
My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

My breath is corrupt,.... Through the force of his disease, which made it have an ill smell, so that it was strange and…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

My breath is corrupt - Margin or “spirit is spent.” The idea is, that his vital powers were nearly extinct; his breath…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 17:1-9

Job's discourse is here somewhat broken and interrupted, and he passes suddenly from one thing to another, as is usual…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921Job 17:1-9

Job 16:18 to Job 17:9. Job, dying a martyr's death, beseeches God that He would uphold his right with God and against…

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