Job 17
1 My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, the grave is [ready] for me.
My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
2 Surely there are mockers with me, and mine eye abideth in their provocation.
Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
3 Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; who is there that will strike hands with me?
Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
5 He that denounceth his friends for a prey, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and I am become an open abhorring.
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
8 Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.
Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
9 Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
10 But return ye, all of you, and come now: and I shall not find a wise man among you.
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the droughts of my heart.
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
12 They change the night into a day: the fight, [say they], is near unto the darkness.
They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness. (Sheol h7585)
14 If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; to the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister;
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
15 Where then is my hope? and as for my hope, who shall see it?
And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
