Job 16:22-17:9
New Living Translation
22 For soon I must go down that road
from which I will never return.
Job Continues to Defend His Innocence
17 “My spirit is crushed,
and my life is nearly snuffed out.
The grave is ready to receive me.
2 I am surrounded by mockers.
I watch how bitterly they taunt me.
3 “You must defend my innocence, O God,
since no one else will stand up for me.
4 You have closed their minds to understanding,
but do not let them triumph.
5 They betray their friends for their own advantage,
so let their children faint with hunger.
6 “God has made a mockery of me among the people;
they spit in my face.
7 My eyes are swollen with weeping,
and I am but a shadow of my former self.
8 The virtuous are horrified when they see me.
The innocent rise up against the ungodly.
9 The righteous keep moving forward,
and those with clean hands become stronger and stronger.
Job 16:22-17:9
International Standard Version
22 For when only a few years have elapsed,
I’ll start down a path from which I’ll never return.”
Job Laments and Prepares for Death
17 “My spirit is crushed,
my days are over;[a]
it’s the grave for me!
2 Mockers surround me;
I cannot stop staring at their hostility all through the night.
3 Offer, then, some collateral on my behalf.
Is there anyone who will be my guarantor?
4 “Because you’re the one who closed their hearts to compassion;[b]
therefore, you won’t let them triumph.
5 Now as for the one who testifies against his friends
to take their property,[c]
even the eyes of his children will fail.
6 “He has made me a byword among people;
I’m being spit on in the face.
7 My eyes have grown weak from grief;
and my whole body is as thin as a shadow.
8 The upright are appalled over this,
and the innocent person is troubled by the godless.
9 But the righteous person will hold to his way,
and those with clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.”
Job 16:22-17:9
New International Version
22 “Only a few years will pass
before I take the path of no return.(A)
17 1 My spirit(B) is broken,
my days are cut short,(C)
the grave awaits me.(D)
2 Surely mockers(E) surround me;(F)
my eyes must dwell on their hostility.
3 “Give me, O God, the pledge you demand.(G)
Who else will put up security(H) for me?(I)
4 You have closed their minds to understanding;(J)
therefore you will not let them triumph.
5 If anyone denounces their friends for reward,(K)
the eyes of their children will fail.(L)
6 “God has made me a byword(M) to everyone,(N)
a man in whose face people spit.(O)
7 My eyes have grown dim with grief;(P)
my whole frame is but a shadow.(Q)
8 The upright are appalled at this;
the innocent are aroused(R) against the ungodly.
9 Nevertheless, the righteous(S) will hold to their ways,
and those with clean hands(T) will grow stronger.(U)
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