Job 17:1 Meaning and Explanation
“My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.”
King James Version (KJV)
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What Does Job 17:1 Mean?
Still answering his friends, Job turns from argument to a frank confession of how near death feels. His vigor is spent; the lamp of his days seems all but snuffed out, and the burial place stands open before him.
Job does not pretend to be stronger than he is. He brings his weariness honestly into the open, and in doing so he teaches us that faith is not the denial of mortality but the honest carrying of it before God. The same God to whom Job speaks his despair is the One who would later swallow up death in victory, so that even an open grave is not the final word.
Job 17:1 in the Original Language
ruach (רוּחַ), 'breath' -- the same word means breath, wind, and spirit, the life God gives and can withdraw.
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What does Job 17:1 mean?
Job feels his life draining away and senses the grave waiting for him.