Job 17:10-16
New International Version
10 “But come on, all of you, try again!
I will not find a wise man among you.(A)
11 My days have passed,(B) my plans are shattered.
Yet the desires of my heart(C)
12 turn night into day;(D)
in the face of the darkness light is near.(E)
13 If the only home I hope for is the grave,(F)
if I spread out my bed(G) in the realm of darkness,(H)
14 if I say to corruption,(I) ‘You are my father,’
and to the worm,(J) ‘My mother’ or ‘My sister,’
15 where then is my hope—(K)
who can see any hope for me?(L)
16 Will it go down to the gates of death?(M)
Will we descend together into the dust?”(N)
Job 17:10-16
Common English Bible
10 But you can bring all of them again,
and I won’t find a wise one among you.
11 My days have passed;
my goals are destroyed, my heart’s desires.
12 They turn night into day;
light is near because of the darkness.
13 If I hope for the underworld[a] as my dwelling,
lay out my bed in darkness,
14 I’ve called corruption “my father,”
the worm, “my mother and sister.”
15 Where then is my hope?
My hope—who can see it?
16 Will they go down with me to the underworld;[b]
will we descend together to the dust?
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