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Job 17
New American Standard Bible 1995
Job 17
New American Standard Bible 1995
Job Says He Has Become a Byword
17 “My spirit is broken, my days are extinguished,
The [a](A)grave is ready for me.
2 “(B)Surely mockers are with me,
And my eye [b]gazes on their provocation.
3 “Lay down, now, a pledge (C)for me with Yourself;
Who is there that will [c]be my guarantor?
4 “For You have [d](D)kept their heart from understanding,
Therefore You will not exalt them.
5 “He who (E)informs against friends for a share of the spoil,
The (F)eyes of his children also will languish.
6 “But He has made me a (G)byword of the people,
And I am [e]one at whom men (H)spit.
7 “My eye has also grown (I)dim because of grief,
And all my (J)members are as a shadow.
8 “The upright will be appalled at this,
And the (K)innocent will stir up himself against the godless.
9 “Nevertheless (L)the righteous will hold to his way,
And (M)he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
10 “But come again all of [f]you now,
For I (N)do not find a wise man among you.
11 “My (O)days are past, my plans are torn apart,
Even the wishes of my heart.
12 “They make night into day, saying,
‘The light is near,’ in the presence of darkness.
13 “If I look for (P)Sheol as my home,
I [g]make my bed in the darkness;
14 If I call to the (Q)pit, ‘You are my father’;
To the (R)worm, ‘my mother and my sister’;
15 Where now is (S)my hope?
And who regards my hope?
16 “[h]Will it go down with me to Sheol?
Shall we together (T)go down into the dust?”
Footnotes
- Job 17:1 Lit graves
- Job 17:2 Lit lodges
- Job 17:3 Lit strike hands with me
- Job 17:4 Lit hidden
- Job 17:6 Lit a spitting to the faces
- Job 17:10 With some ancient mss and versions; M.T. them
- Job 17:13 Lit spread out
- Job 17:16 So the Gr; Heb possibly Let my limbs sink down to Sheol, since there is rest in the dust for all
Job 17
New International Version
Job 17
New International Version
17 1 My spirit(A) is broken,
my days are cut short,(B)
the grave awaits me.(C)
2 Surely mockers(D) surround me;(E)
my eyes must dwell on their hostility.
3 “Give me, O God, the pledge you demand.(F)
Who else will put up security(G) for me?(H)
4 You have closed their minds to understanding;(I)
therefore you will not let them triumph.
5 If anyone denounces their friends for reward,(J)
the eyes of their children will fail.(K)
6 “God has made me a byword(L) to everyone,(M)
a man in whose face people spit.(N)
7 My eyes have grown dim with grief;(O)
my whole frame is but a shadow.(P)
8 The upright are appalled at this;
the innocent are aroused(Q) against the ungodly.
9 Nevertheless, the righteous(R) will hold to their ways,
and those with clean hands(S) will grow stronger.(T)
10 “But come on, all of you, try again!
I will not find a wise man among you.(U)
11 My days have passed,(V) my plans are shattered.
Yet the desires of my heart(W)
12 turn night into day;(X)
in the face of the darkness light is near.(Y)
13 If the only home I hope for is the grave,(Z)
if I spread out my bed(AA) in the realm of darkness,(AB)
14 if I say to corruption,(AC) ‘You are my father,’
and to the worm,(AD) ‘My mother’ or ‘My sister,’
15 where then is my hope—(AE)
who can see any hope for me?(AF)
16 Will it go down to the gates of death?(AG)
Will we descend together into the dust?”(AH)
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