Job 17:7
New King James Version
7 (A)My eye has also grown dim because of sorrow,
And all my members are like shadows.
Psalm 6:7
New King James Version
7 (A)My eye wastes away because of grief;
It grows old because of all my enemies.
Job 16:16
New King James Version
16 My face is [a]flushed from weeping,
And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
Footnotes
- Job 16:16 Lit. red
Psalm 31:9-10
New King James Version
9 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble;
(A)My eye wastes away with grief,
Yes, my soul and my [a]body!
10 For my life is spent with grief,
And my years with sighing;
My strength fails because of my iniquity,
And my bones waste away.
Footnotes
- Psalm 31:9 Lit. belly
Lamentations 5:17
New King James Version
17 Because of this our heart is faint;
(A)Because of these things our eyes grow dim;
Ecclesiastes 6:12
New King James Version
12 For who knows what is good for man in life, [a]all the days of his [b]vain life which he passes like (A)a shadow? (B)Who can tell a man what will happen after him under the sun?
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- Ecclesiastes 6:12 Lit. the number of the days
- Ecclesiastes 6:12 futile
Psalm 109:23
New King James Version
23 I am gone (A)like a shadow when it lengthens;
I am shaken off like a locust.
Job 16:8
New King James Version
8 You have shriveled me up,
And it is a (A)witness against me;
My leanness rises up against me
And bears witness to my face.
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