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10 But come again all of [a]you now,
For I (A)do not find a wise man among you.
11 My (B)days are past; my plans are torn apart,
Even the wishes of my heart.
12 They make night into day, saying,
‘The light is near,’ in the presence of darkness.
13 If I hope for (C)Sheol as my home,
I [b]make my bed in the darkness;
14 If I call to the (D)pit, ‘You are my father’;
To the (E)worm, ‘my mother and my sister’;
15 Where now is (F)my hope?
And who beholds my hope?
16 [c]Will it go down with me to Sheol?
Shall we together (G)go down into the dust?”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 17:10 As in some ancient mss and versions; M.T. them
  2. Job 17:13 Lit spread out
  3. Job 17:16 As in Gr; Heb possibly Let my limbs sink down to Sheol, since there is rest in the dust for all

10 But[a] all of you must return[b]please come![c]
But[d] I shall not find a wise person among you.
11 “My days are past; my plans are broken down—
even the desires of my heart.
12 They make night into day,
saying, ‘Light is near to darkness.’[e]
13 If I hope for Sheol as my house,
if I spread my couch in the darkness,
14 if I call to the pit, ‘You are my father,’
to the maggot, ‘You are my mother or[f] my sister,’
15 where[g] then is my hope?
And who will see my hope?[h]
16 Will they go down to the bars of Sheol?
Or shall we descend together into the dust?”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 17:10 Literally “And but”
  2. Job 17:10 Literally “all of them you must return”
  3. Job 17:10 Literally “and please come,” or “come on!”
  4. Job 17:10 Hebrew “And”
  5. Job 17:12 Literally “near from the faces of darkness”
  6. Job 17:14 Or “and”
  7. Job 17:15 Hebrew “and where”
  8. Job 17:15 Literally “my hope who will see it”

10 “But come on, all of you, try again!
    I will not find a wise man among you.(A)
11 My days have passed,(B) my plans are shattered.
    Yet the desires of my heart(C)
12 turn night into day;(D)
    in the face of the darkness light is near.(E)
13 If the only home I hope for is the grave,(F)
    if I spread out my bed(G) in the realm of darkness,(H)
14 if I say to corruption,(I) ‘You are my father,’
    and to the worm,(J) ‘My mother’ or ‘My sister,’
15 where then is my hope—(K)
    who can see any hope for me?(L)
16 Will it go down to the gates of death?(M)
    Will we descend together into the dust?”(N)

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