Job 17:10-16

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹⁰ All right then—all of you, please come and try again,
but I will not find a wise man among you.
¹¹ My days have passed.
All the things I planned to do are ripped apart,
including the deepest desires of my heart.

¹² They turn night into day.
In the face of darkness, they claim light is near.

¹³ If I wait hopefully for the grave to become my house,
if I spread out my bed in the darkness,
¹⁴ if I cry out to the pit, “You are my father,”
and to the worm, “My mother” or “My sister,”
¹⁵ where then is my hope?
Who can find any hope for me?
¹⁶ Will it go down with me to the barred gates of the grave?
Will we rest in the dust together?