Job 16:22-17:9
New American Standard Bible
22 For when a few years are past,
I shall go the way (A)of no return.
Job Says He Has Become a Proverb
17 “My spirit is broken, my days are extinguished,
The [a](B)grave is ready for me.
2 (C)Mockers are certainly with me,
And my eye [b]gazes on their provocation.
3 “Make a pledge (D)for me with Yourself;
Who is there that will [c]be my guarantor?
4 For You have [d](E)kept their hearts away from understanding;
Therefore You will not exalt them.
5 He who (F)informs against friends for a share of the spoils,
The (G)eyes of his children also will perish.
6 “But He has made me a (H)proverb among the people,
And I am [e]one at whom people (I)spit.
7 My eye has also become (J)inexpressive because of grief,
And all my (K)body parts are like a shadow.
8 The upright will be appalled at this,
And the (L)innocent will stir himself up against the godless.
9 Nevertheless (M)the righteous will hold to his way,
And (N)the one who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
Job 16:22-17:9
International Standard Version
22 For when only a few years have elapsed,
I’ll start down a path from which I’ll never return.”
Job Laments and Prepares for Death
17 “My spirit is crushed,
my days are over;[a]
it’s the grave for me!
2 Mockers surround me;
I cannot stop staring at their hostility all through the night.
3 Offer, then, some collateral on my behalf.
Is there anyone who will be my guarantor?
4 “Because you’re the one who closed their hearts to compassion;[b]
therefore, you won’t let them triumph.
5 Now as for the one who testifies against his friends
to take their property,[c]
even the eyes of his children will fail.
6 “He has made me a byword among people;
I’m being spit on in the face.
7 My eyes have grown weak from grief;
and my whole body is as thin as a shadow.
8 The upright are appalled over this,
and the innocent person is troubled by the godless.
9 But the righteous person will hold to his way,
and those with clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.”
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