Job 17
World English Bible
17 “My spirit is consumed.
My days are extinct,
and the grave is ready for me.
2 Surely there are mockers with me.
My eye dwells on their provocation.
3 “Now give a pledge. Be collateral for me with yourself.
Who is there who will strike hands with me?
4 For you have hidden their heart from understanding,
Therefore you will not exalt them.
5 He who denounces his friends for plunder,
Even the eyes of his children will fail.
6 “But he has made me a byword of the people.
They spit in my face.
7 My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow.
All my members are as a shadow.
8 Upright men will be astonished at this.
The innocent will stir himself up against the godless.
9 Yet the righteous will hold to his way.
He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
10 But as for you all, come back.
I will not find a wise man among you.
11 My days are past.
My plans are broken off,
as are the thoughts of my heart.
12 They change the night into day,
saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.
13 If I look for Sheol[a] as my house,
if I have spread my couch in the darkness,
14 if I have said to corruption, ‘You are my father;’
to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘My sister,’
15 where then is my hope?
As for my hope, who will see it?
16 Shall it go down with me to the gates of Sheol,[b]
or descend together into the dust?”
Job 17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Job Prays for Relief
17 “My spirit is broken; my days are extinct;
the grave is ready for me.(A)
2 Surely there are mockers around me,
and my eye dwells on their provocation.(B)
3 “Lay down a pledge for me with yourself;
who is there who will give surety for me?(C)
4 Since you have closed their minds to understanding,
therefore you will not let them triumph.(D)
5 Those who denounce friends for reward—
the eyes of their children will fail.(E)
6 “He has made me a byword of the peoples,
and I am one before whom people spit.(F)
7 My eye has grown dim from grief,
and all my members are like a shadow.(G)
8 The upright are appalled at this,
and the innocent stir themselves up against the godless.
9 Yet the righteous hold to their way,
and they who have clean hands grow stronger and stronger.(H)
10 But you, come back now, all of you,
and I shall not find a sensible person among you.
11 My days are past; my plans are broken off,
the desires of my heart.(I)
12 They make night into day;
‘The light,’ they say, ‘is near to the darkness.’[a]
13 If I look for Sheol as my house,
if I spread my couch in darkness,(J)
14 if I say to the Pit, ‘You are my father,’
and to the worm, ‘My mother’ or ‘My sister,’(K)
15 where then is my hope?
Who will see my hope?(L)
16 Will it go down to the bars of Sheol?
Shall we descend together into the dust?”(M)
Footnotes
- 17.12 Meaning of Heb uncertain
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