Job 17
1 “My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.
spirit my to destroy day my to extinguish grave to/for me
2 Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
if: surely yes not mockery with me me and in/on/with to rebel they to lodge eye my
3 Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?
to set: put [emph?] please to pledge me with you who? he/she/it to/for hand: themselves my to blow
4 You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.
for heart their to treasure from understanding upon so not to exalt
5 If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.
to/for portion to tell neighbor and eye son: child his to end: expend
6 He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.
and to set me to/for byword people and spit to/for face: before to be
7 My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.
and to grow dim from vexation eye my and member my like/as shadow all their
8 The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent are stirred against the godless.
be desolate: appalled upright upon this and innocent upon profane to rouse
9 Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
and to grasp righteous way: conduct his and pure hand to add strength
10 But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you.
and but all their to return: return and to come (in): come please and not to find in/on/with you wise
11 My days have passed; my plans are broken off— even the desires of my heart.
day my to pass wickedness my to tear possession heart my
12 They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.
night to/for day to set: make light near from face: before darkness
if to await hell: Sheol house: home my in/on/with darkness to spread bed my (Sheol h7585)
14 and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
to/for pit: grave to call: call out father my you(m. s.) mother my and sister my to/for worm
15 where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?
and where? then hope my and hope my who? to see her
