Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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 (Isaiah 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.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Job 17:11:
Job 20:25
Job 33:17
Job 42:2
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