- Bible
- Job
- Chapter 17
- Verse 15
My Notes
Commentary
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Gill's Exposition
And where is now my hope?.... Not the grace of hope, which was in his heart; and though it might sometimes be low in exercise, it could not be lost; it is an anchor, sure and steadfast, and is one of…
Barnes' Notes
And where is now my hope? - What hope have I of life? What possibility is there of my escape from death? Who shall see it? - That is, who will see any hopes that I may now cherish fulfilled. If I…
Job's friends had pretended to comfort him with the hopes of his return to a prosperous estate again; now he here shows,
I. That it was their folly to talk so (Job 17:10): "Return, and come now, be…
Cambridge Bible
If in fact and in his own feeling Job so surely belongs to death, where is the brilliant hope which his friends hold out, and who shall ever see such a hope realized? or, who can perceive a trace of…