Job 17:1 meaning and explanation

“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.

Job 17:1, Berean Standard Bible

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Job is speaking, answering his friends in the middle of his suffering. His opening line is a summary of his whole condition: his spirit is broken, his life feels snuffed out like a lamp, and the grave is all that lies ahead.

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