Job 16:22-17:9
Lexham English Bible
Job’s Fifth Speech, Continued
17 “My spirit is pulled down; my days are extinguished;
the graveyard is for me.
2 Surely[c] mockery is with me,
and my eye rests[d] on their provocation.
3 Please lay down a pledge for me with yourself;
who is he who will give security for my hand?[e]
4 Indeed,[f] you have closed their mind from understanding;
therefore, you will not let them triumph.
5 He denounces friends for reward,
so[g] his children’s eyes will fail.
6 “And he has made me a proverb for[h] the peoples,
and I am one before whom people spit.[i]
7 And my eye has grown dim from grief,
and the limbs of my body are all[j] like a shadow.
8 The upright are appalled at this,
and the innocent excites himself over the godless.
9 But[k] the righteous holds on to his way,
and he who has clean hands[l] increases in strength.
Footnotes
- Job 16:22 Literally “years of number”
- Job 16:22 Hebrew “and”
- Job 17:2 Literally “If not”
- Job 17:2 Literally “spends the night”
- Job 17:3 Or “who will give security for me?”
- Job 17:4 Or “For”
- Job 17:5 Hebrew “and”
- Job 17:6 Hebrew “of”
- Job 17:6 Literally “and spitting to the faces I am”
- Job 17:7 Hebrew “all of them”
- Job 17:9 Hebrew “And”
- Job 17:9 Literally “the clean of hands”
Job 16:22-17:9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
22 For when a few years have come,
I shall go the way from which I shall not return.(A)
Job Prays for Relief
17 “My spirit is broken; my days are extinct;
the grave is ready for me.(B)
2 Surely there are mockers around me,
and my eye dwells on their provocation.(C)
3 “Lay down a pledge for me with yourself;
who is there who will give surety for me?(D)
4 Since you have closed their minds to understanding,
therefore you will not let them triumph.(E)
5 Those who denounce friends for reward—
the eyes of their children will fail.(F)
6 “He has made me a byword of the peoples,
and I am one before whom people spit.(G)
7 My eye has grown dim from grief,
and all my members are like a shadow.(H)
8 The upright are appalled at this,
and the innocent stir themselves up against the godless.
9 Yet the righteous hold to their way,
and they who have clean hands grow stronger and stronger.(I)
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