Job 17:7 meaning and explanation
My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.
Job 17:7, Berean Standard Bible
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Job is speaking, answering his friends in the middle of his suffering. His eyes have grown dim, a common biblical image for grief and failing strength, and his body is "but a shadow," the Hebrew tsel, meaning something faint and insubstantial, almost gone.
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