The Meaning of Job 17:11 Explained

Job 17:11

KJV: My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

YLT: My days have passed by, My devices have been broken off, The possessions of my heart!

Darby: My days are past, my purposes are broken off, the cherished thoughts of my heart.

ASV: My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

My days  are past,  my purposes  are broken off,  [even] the thoughts  of my heart. 

What does Job 17:11 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 17:1-16 - "the Bars Of Sheol"
Job's continued complaint of his friends, Job 17:1-9
He avows that he could bear his awful calamities if only he were delivered from their mockery; and asks that God would arbitrate between him and them. God is the supreme Judge, and Job asks Him to become his surety against the recriminations of those who so shamefully misjudged him. There is no other course for hunted souls than appeal from man to God in the person of Jesus. At the close of this paragraph he insists that amid a whirlwind of trouble the righteous must hold on his way and keep his hands clean. If any should read these words whose path has dipped down into the valley of the shadow, let them hold on their way. Go on doing the will of God, so far as you know it, and it will bring you out under His heaven of love.
Job's gloomy anticipations of the future, Job 17:10-16
For him there was a grave of darkness and gloom. Men had not as yet been begotten again unto a living hope by the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. The soul must descend to the bars of Sheol, Job 17:16, r.v. What a contrast to our Christian hope! There is no need for us to claim the pit for father and the worm for sister! In the Father's house are many mansions. The sufferings of the present are not worthy to be compared with the glory to be revealed! Our kin are not in the dust. We are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 17

1  Job appeals from men to God
6  The unmerciful dealing of men with the afflicted may astonish,
9  but not discourage the righteous
11  His hope is not in life, but in death

What do the individual words in Job 17:11 mean?

My days are past My purposes are broken off [Even] the thoughts of my heart
יָמַ֣י עָ֭בְרוּ זִמֹּתַ֣י נִתְּק֑וּ מ֖וֹרָשֵׁ֣י לְבָבִֽי

יָמַ֣י  My  days 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
עָ֭בְרוּ  are  past 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: עָבַר 
Sense: to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress.
זִמֹּתַ֣י  My  purposes 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: זִמָּה  
Sense: plan, device, wickedness, evil plan, mischievous purpose.
נִתְּק֑וּ  are  broken  off 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: נָתַק  
Sense: to pull or tear or draw off or away or apart, draw out, pluck up, break, li ft, root out.
מ֖וֹרָשֵׁ֣י  [Even]  the  thoughts 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: מֹורָשׁ 
Sense: possession.
לְבָבִֽי  of  my  heart 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: לֵבָב  
Sense: inner man, mind, will, heart, soul, understanding.