Job 17:10-16
Revised Standard Version
10 But you, come on again, all of you,
and I shall not find a wise man among you.
11 My days are past, my plans are broken off,
the desires of my heart.
12 They make night into day;
‘The light,’ they say, ‘is near to the darkness.’[a]
13 If I look for Sheol as my house,
if I spread my couch in darkness,
14 if I say to the pit, ‘You are my father,’
and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
15 where then is my hope?
Who will see my hope?
16 Will it go down to the bars of Sheol?
Shall we descend together into the dust?”
Footnotes
- Job 17:12 Heb obscure
Job 17:10-16
American Standard Version
10 But as for you all, come on now again;
[a]And I shall not find a wise man among you.
11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off,
Even the [b]thoughts of my heart.
12 They change the night into day:
The light, say they, is near [c]unto the darkness.
13 If I [d]look for Sheol as my house;
If I have spread my couch in the darkness;
14 If I have said to [e]corruption, Thou art my father;
To the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister;
15 Where then is my hope?
And as for my hope, who shall see it?
16 It shall go down to the bars of Sheol,
When once there is rest in the dust.
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