Job 17

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VerseKJVBSBASV
7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
and it has grown dimוַתֵּ֣כַהּva-TE-khahH3543A
to grow dim

כָּהָה (ka.hah) 1) to grow weak, grow dim, grow faint, falter, be weak, be dim, be darkened, be restrained, be faint, fail 1a) (Qal) to grow dim 1b) (Piel) to faint, grow weak, grow faint

from griefמִכַּ֣עַשׂmi-KA-'asH3708B
vexation

כַּ֫עַשׂ (ka.as) 1) anger, vexation, provocation, grief 1a) vexation 1a1) of men 1a2) of God 1b) vexation, grief, frustration

eye myעֵינִ֑י'ei-NIH5869A
eye

עַ֫יִן (a.yin) : eye 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.)

and members myוִֽיצֻרַ֖יvi-tzu-RAIH3338
member

יְצֻרִים (ya.tsur) forms, members (of the body)

[are] like the shadowכַּצֵּ֣לka-TZELH6738
shadow

צֵל (tsel) 1) shadow, shade 1a) shadow (on dial) 1b) shadow, shade (as protection) 1c) shadow (symbolic of transitoriness of life) Also means: tse.lel (צֵלֶל "shadow" H6752)

all of themכֻּלָּֽם׃ku-LAMH3605
all

כֹּל (kol) 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything Aramaic equivalent: kol (כֹּל "all" H3606)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.