Job 17:10-16
New International Version
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)
Job 17:10-16
Christian Standard Bible
10 But come back and try again, all of you.[a]
I will not find a wise man among you.
11 My days have slipped by;
my plans have been ruined,
even the things dear to my heart.
12 They turned night into day
and made light seem near in the face of darkness.(A)
13 If I await Sheol as my home,
spread out my bed in darkness,
14 and say to corruption, “You are my father,”
and to the maggot, “My mother” or “My sister,”(B)
15 where then is my hope?(C)
Who can see any hope for me?
16 Will it go down to the gates of Sheol,(D)
or will we descend together to the dust?
Footnotes
- 17:10 Some Hb mss, LXX, Vg; other Hb mss read them
Job 17:10-16
King James Version
10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
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