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
New Living Translation
22 For soon I must go down that road
from which I will never return.
Job Continues to Defend His Innocence
17 “My spirit is crushed,
and my life is nearly snuffed out.
The grave is ready to receive me.
2 I am surrounded by mockers.
I watch how bitterly they taunt me.
3 “You must defend my innocence, O God,
since no one else will stand up for me.
4 You have closed their minds to understanding,
but do not let them triumph.
5 They betray their friends for their own advantage,
so let their children faint with hunger.
6 “God has made a mockery of me among the people;
they spit in my face.
7 My eyes are swollen with weeping,
and I am but a shadow of my former self.
8 The virtuous are horrified when they see me.
The innocent rise up against the ungodly.
9 The righteous keep moving forward,
and those with clean hands become stronger and stronger.
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