Job 17:11

“My days are past, etc.] Or “passed away”, or “passed over” f675; not that they passed over the time fixed and appointed by God, for there is no passing the bound settled by him, (<181405>Job 14:5); but either the common term of man’s life was passed with Job, or he speaks of things in his own apprehension; he imagined his death was so near, that he had not a day longer to live; his days, as he before says, were extinct, were at an end, he should never enjoy another day; and therefore it was folly to flatter him with a promise of long life, or encourage him to expect it; which he may mention as a proof of there being not a wise man among them, since they all suggested this in case of…”

“Only do not vainly speak of the restoration of health to me; for "my days are past." broken off--as the threads of the web cut off from the loom (Isa 38:12). thoughts--literally, "possessions," that is, all the feelings and fair hopes which my heart once nourished. These belong to the heart, as "purposes" to the understanding; the two together here describe the entire inner man.”

“My days are past - “I am about to die.” Job relapses again into sadness - as he often does. A sense of his miserable condition comes over him like a cloud, and he feels that he must die. My purposes are broken off - All my plans fail, and my schemes of life come to an end. No matter what they could say now, it was all over with him, and he must die; compare Isaiah 38:12 : “My habitation is taken away, and is removed from me Like a shepherd’s tent; My life is cut off as by a weaver Who severeth the web from the loom; Between the morning and the night thou wilt make an end of me.” Even the thoughts of my heart - Margin, possessions. Noyes, “treasures.” Dr. Good, “resolves.” Dr. Stock, “the…”

“My days - The days of my life. I am a dying man, and therefore the hopes you give me of the bettering of my condition, are vain. Purposes - Which I had in my prosperous days, concerning myself and children. Job 17:12”

“My days: Job 7:6, Job 9:25, Job 9:26; Isa 38:10 purposes: Pro 16:9, Pro 19:21; Ecc 9:10; Isa 8:10; Lam 3:37; Rom 1:13; Co2 1:15-17; Jam 4:13-15 thoughts: Heb. possessions Job 17:12”