Job 17:10-16

GOD’S WORD Translation

¹⁰ “But now, all of you, come and try again!
I won’t find one wise man among you.
¹¹ My days are passing by.
My plans are broken.
My dreams ⌞are shattered⌟.
¹² You say that night is day.
Light has nearly become darkness.
¹³ If I look for the grave as my home
and make my bed in the darkness,
¹⁴ if I say to the pit, ‘You are my father,’
and to the worm, ‘You are my mother and sister,’
¹⁵ then where is my hope?
Can you see any hope left in me?
¹⁶ Will hope go down with me to the gates of the grave?
Will my hope rest with me in the dust?”