Job 16:22-17:9
English Standard Version
22 For when a few years have come
I shall go the way (A)from which I shall not return.
Job Continues: Where Then Is My Hope?
17 “My spirit is broken; my days are (B)extinct;
(C)the graveyard is ready for me.
2 Surely there are mockers about me,
and my eye dwells on their (D)provocation.
3 “Lay down a pledge for me with you;
who is there who will put up (E)security for me?
4 Since you have closed their hearts to understanding,
therefore you will not let them triumph.
5 He who informs against his friends to get a share of their property—
the (F)eyes of his children will fail.
6 “He has made me (G)a byword of the peoples,
and I am one before whom men spit.
7 My (H)eye has grown dim from vexation,
and all my members are like (I)a shadow.
8 The upright are (J)appalled at this,
and the innocent stirs himself up against the godless.
9 Yet the righteous holds to his way,
and he who has (K)clean hands grows stronger and stronger.
Job 16:22-17:9
Christian Standard Bible
22 For only a few years will pass
before I go the way of no return.
17 My spirit is broken.
My days are extinguished.
A graveyard(A) awaits me.
2 Surely mockers surround[a] me,
and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.(B)
3 Accept my pledge! Put up security for me.(C)
Who else will be my sponsor?[b]
4 You have closed their minds to understanding,
therefore you will not honor them.
5 If a man denounces his friends for a price,
the eyes of his children will fail.
6 He has made me an object of scorn to the people;
I have become a man people spit at.[c](D)
7 My eyes have grown dim from grief,
and my whole body has become but a shadow.
8 The upright are appalled(E) at this,
and the innocent are roused against the godless.
9 Yet the righteous person will hold to his way,
and the one whose hands are clean(F) will grow stronger.
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