< Job 17 >
1 I perish, carried away by the wind, and I seek for burial, and obtain [it] not.
spirit my to destroy day my to extinguish grave to/for me
2 Weary I entreat; and what have I done? and strangers have stolen my goods.
if: surely yes not mockery with me me and in/on/with to rebel they to lodge eye my
3 Who is this? let him join hands with me.
to set: put [emph?] please to pledge me with you who? he/she/it to/for hand: themselves my to blow
4 For you have hid their heart from wisdom; therefore you shall not exalt them.
for heart their to treasure from understanding upon so not to exalt
5 He shall promise mischief to [his] companions: but [their] eyes have failed for [their] children.
to/for portion to tell neighbor and eye son: child his to end: expend
6 But you has made me a byword amount the nations, and I am become a scorn to them.
and to set me to/for byword people and spit to/for face: before to be
7 For my eyes are dimmed through pain; I have been grievously beset by all.
and to grow dim from vexation eye my and member my like/as shadow all their
8 Wonder has seized true men upon this; and let the just rise up against the transgressor.
be desolate: appalled upright upon this and innocent upon profane to rouse
9 But let the faithful hold on his own way, and let him that is pure of hands take courage.
and to grasp righteous way: conduct his and pure hand to add strength
10 Howbeit, do you all strengthen [yourselves] and come now, for I do not find truth in 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 in groaning, and my heart-strings are broken.
day my to pass wickedness my to tear possession heart my
12 I have turned the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
night to/for day to set: make light near from face: before darkness
13 For if I remain, Hades is my habitation: and my bed has been made in darkness. (Sheol )
if to await hell: Sheol house: home my in/on/with darkness to spread bed my (Sheol )
14 I have called upon death to be my father, and corruption [to be] my mother and 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 yet my hope? or [where] shall I see my good?
and where? then hope my and hope my who? to see her
16 Will they go down with me to Hades, or shall we go down together to the tomb? (Sheol )
alone: pole hell: Sheol to go down if: surely no unitedness upon dust to descend (Sheol )