Job 17:1
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 17:1 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 17:1 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me. breath...: or, spirit is spent" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 17:1 — KJV
“My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me. breath...: or, spirit is spent”
— Job 17:1 (KJV)
Job 17:1 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 17:1
“And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.”
Shares key themes with Job 17:1: days, spirit
“All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. the breath...: Heb. the breath of the spirit of life”
Shares key themes with Job 17:1: breath, spirit
“For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.”
Shares key themes with Job 17:1: corrupt, days
“And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.”
Shares key themes with Job 17:1: days, spirit
“The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.”
Shares key themes with Job 17:1: days, ready
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