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)
Job 16:22-17:9
Common English Bible
22 A number of years will surely pass,
and then I’ll walk a path that I won’t return.
Another lament
17 My spirit is broken,
my days extinguished,
the grave,[a] mine.
2 Surely mockers are with me,
and my eye looks on their rebellion.
3 Take my guarantee.
Who else is willing to make an agreement?
4 You’ve closed their mind to insight;
therefore, you won’t be exalted.
5 He denounces his friends for gain,
and his children’s eyes fail.
6 He makes me a popular proverb;
I’m like spit in people’s faces.
7 My eye is weak from grief;
my limbs like a shadow—all of them.
8 Those who do the right thing are amazed at this;
the guiltless become troubled about the godless.
9 The innocent clings to his way;
the one whose hands are clean grows stronger.
Footnotes
- Job 17:1 Or graves
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