The Pulpit Commentary on Job 17:11

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

My days are past. My days are slipping away from me. Life is well-nigh over. What, then, does it matter what you say? My purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart; literally, the possessions of my heart' all the store that it has accumulated—my desires, purposes, wishes.

I no longer care to vindicate my innocence in the sight of men, or to clear my character from aspersions.

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