Job 17
1 “My spirit has been destroyed, My days extinguished—graves [are] for me.
spirit my to destroy day my to extinguish grave to/for me
2 If not—mockeries [are] with me. And my eye lodges in their provocations.
if: surely yes not mockery with me me and in/on/with to rebel they to lodge eye my
3 Now place my pledge with You; Who is he that strikes hand 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 hidden their heart from understanding, Therefore You do not exalt them.
for heart their to treasure from understanding upon so not to exalt
5 For a portion he shows friendship, And the eyes of his sons are consumed.
to/for portion to tell neighbor and eye son: child his to end: expend
6 And He set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And I am a wonder before them.
and to set me to/for byword people and spit to/for face: before to be
7 And my eye is dim from sorrow, And my members—all of them—as a shadow.
and to grow dim from vexation eye my and member my like/as shadow all their
8 The upright are astonished at this, and the innocent stirs himself up against the profane.
be desolate: appalled upright upon this and innocent upon profane to rouse
9 And the righteous lays hold [on] his way, And the clean of hands adds strength.
and to grasp righteous way: conduct his and pure hand to add strength
10 But please return and come in, all of you, And I do 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 by, My plans have been broken off, The possessions of my heart!
day my to pass wickedness my to tear possession heart my
12 They appoint night for day, Light [is] near because 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 To corruption I have called: You [are] my father. To the worm: My mother and my sister.
to/for pit: grave to call: call out father my you(m. s.) mother my and sister my to/for worm
15 And where [is] my hope now? Indeed, my hope, who beholds it?
and where? then hope my and hope my who? to see her
