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Job 17:11

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My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
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  1. Job 7:6Rank 1 from verse 11
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    6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.

  2. Isaiah 38:10Rank 2 from verse 11
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    10I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.

  3. Proverbs 16:9Rank 3 from verse 11
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    9A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.

  4. 2 Corinthians 1:15–17Rank 4 from verse 11
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    15And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;

    16And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judæa.

    17When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?

  5. Isaiah 8:10Rank 5 from verse 11
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    10Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

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Job 17:11

COMBINED MEANING

past

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Gone by, ended, or beyond a stated place, time, or limit.

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COMBINED MEANING

even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

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thoughts

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Things thought or purposed in the mind or heart; ideas, reasonings, intentions, or purposes.

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heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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10But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.

11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

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12They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

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