What does Job 17:7 mean?

Job 17:7 highlights themes such as sorrow, suffering, despair when read in context.

How should I apply Job 17:7 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

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

5He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

6He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.

8Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.

9The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

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Psalm 6:7
Both verses express the physical and emotional toll of sorrow.
2 Corinthians 1:8
Paul discusses overwhelming sorrow, akin to Job's experience.
Hebrews 12:1
This verse encourages perseverance through trials, similar to Job's struggle.