Job 16:22-17:9
New American Standard Bible 1995
22 “For when a few years are past,
I shall go the way (A)of no return.
Job Says He Has Become a Byword
17 “My spirit is broken, my days are extinguished,
The [a](B)grave is ready for me.
2 “(C)Surely mockers are with me,
And my eye [b]gazes on their provocation.
3 “Lay down, now, a pledge (D)for me with Yourself;
Who is there that will [c]be my guarantor?
4 “For You have [d](E)kept their heart from understanding,
Therefore You will not exalt them.
5 “He who (F)informs against friends for a share of the spoil,
The (G)eyes of his children also will languish.
6 “But He has made me a (H)byword of the people,
And I am [e]one at whom men (I)spit.
7 “My eye has also grown (J)dim because of grief,
And all my (K)members are as a shadow.
8 “The upright will be appalled at this,
And the (L)innocent will stir up himself against the godless.
9 “Nevertheless (M)the righteous will hold to his way,
And (N)he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
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