Passage Research
Job 17 — Sermon Preparation
Job declares his spirit broken and his days extinguished, mocking the failed wisdom of his friends while seeing only the grave ahead. Below is a research summary for Job 17, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 16
- verses
- 112 / 91
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 5
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Job 17 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| תִּקְוָה | tiqvâh | H8615 | 2 | cord, attachment |
| עַיִן | ʻayin | H5869 | 3 | eye, fountain |
| שְׁאוֹל | shᵉʼôwl | H7585 | 2 | hades, retreat |
| חֹשֶׁךְ | chôshek | H2822 | 2 | dark, darkness |
| שׂוּם | sûwm | H7760 | 2 | put |
| יָד | yâd | H3027 | 2 | hand, open |
| אֹמֶץ | ʼômets | H555 | 1 | strength |
How preachers through history handled this text
5 public-domain excerpts on Job 17, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Job's friends had pretended to comfort him with the hope of his return to a prosperous estate; he here shows that those do not go wisely about the work of comforting the afflicted, who fetch their comforts from the possibility of recovery in this world. It is our wisdom to comfort ourselves, and others, in distress, with that which will not fail; the promise of God, his love and grace, and a well-grounded hope of eternal life. See how Job reconciles himself to the grave. Let this make believers willing to die; it is but going to bed; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Job 17:10–30 (Public Domain)
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