Job 17:10-16
Expanded Bible
10 “But, all of you, come ·and try again [L back now]!
I ·do [or will] not find a wise person among you.
11 My days are gone, and my plans have been ·destroyed [L torn away],
along with the desires of my heart.
12 ·These men think night is [L They make night into] day;
·when it is dark, they say, ‘Light is near [L light is near the darkness].’
13 If the only home I hope for is ·the grave [L Sheol; C the place of the dead],
if I spread out my bed in darkness,
14 if I say to the ·grave [L pit], ‘You are my father,’
and to the worm, ‘You are my mother’ or ‘You are my sister,’
15 where, then, is my hope?
Who can see any hope for me?
16 Will hope go down to the gates of ·death [L Sheol; 17:13]?
Will we go down together into the dust?”
Job 17:10-16
New American Standard Bible
10 But come again all of [a]you now,
For I (A)do not find a wise man among you.
11 My (B)days are past, my plans are torn apart,
The wishes of my heart.
12 They make night into day, saying,
‘The light is near,’ in the presence of darkness.
13 If I hope for [b](C)Sheol as my home,
I [c]make my bed in the darkness;
14 If I call to the (D)grave, ‘You are my father’;
To the (E)maggot, ‘my mother and my sister’;
15 Where then is (F)my hope?
And who looks at my hope?
16 [d]Will it go down with me to Sheol?
Shall we together (G)go down into the dust?”
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