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10 But as for you all, come back.
    I will not find a wise man among you.
11 My days are past.
    My plans are broken off,
    as are the thoughts of my heart.
12 They change the night into day,
    saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.
13 If I look for Sheol[a] as my house,
    if I have spread my couch in the darkness,
14 if I have said to corruption, ‘You are my father;’
    to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘My sister,’
15 where then is my hope?
    As for my hope, who will see it?
16 Shall it go down with me to the gates of Sheol,[b]
    or descend together into the dust?”

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Footnotes

  1. 17:13 Sheol is the place of the dead.
  2. 17:16 Sheol is the place of the dead.

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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Footnotes

  1. Job 17:10 As in some mss and ancient versions; MT them
  2. Job 17:13 I.e., the netherworld
  3. Job 17:13 Lit spread out
  4. Job 17:16 As in LXX; Heb possibly Let my limbs sink down to Sheol, since there is rest in the dust for all.