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.

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