< Job 17 >
1 My spirit, is broken, My days, are extinguished, Graves, are left me.
spirit my to destroy day my to extinguish grave to/for me
2 Verily there are mockers, with me! And, on their insults, mine eye doth rest.
if: surely yes not mockery with me me and in/on/with to rebel they to lodge eye my
3 Appoint it, I pray thee—be thou surety for me with thyself, Who is there that, on my side, can pledge himself?
to set: put [emph?] please to pledge me with you who? he/she/it to/for hand: themselves my to blow
4 For, their heart, hast thou kept back from understanding, On this account, thou wilt not exalt them.
for heart their to treasure from understanding upon so not to exalt
5 He that, for a share, denounceth friends, even, the eyes of his children, shall be dim.
to/for portion to tell neighbor and eye son: child his to end: expend
6 But he hath set me, as the byword of peoples, And, one to be spit on in the face, do I become.
and to set me to/for byword people and spit to/for face: before to be
7 Therefore hath mine eye become dim from vexation, and, my members, are like a shadow, all of them.
and to grow dim from vexation eye my and member my like/as shadow all their
8 Upright men shall be astounded over this, and, the innocent, against the impious, shall rouse themselves.
be desolate: appalled upright upon this and innocent upon profane to rouse
9 That the righteous may hold on his way, and, the clean of hands, increase in strength.
and to grasp righteous way: conduct his and pure hand to add strength
10 But indeed, as for them all, will ye bethink yourselves and enter into it, I pray you? Or shall I not find, among you, one who is wise?
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, are past, my purposes, are broken off, the possessions of my heart!
day my to pass wickedness my to tear possession heart my
12 Night for day, they appoint, Light, is near, by reason of darkness!
night to/for day to set: make light near from face: before darkness
13 If I wait for hades as my house, in darkness, have spread out my couch; (Sheol )
if to await hell: Sheol house: home my in/on/with darkness to spread bed my (Sheol )
14 To corruption, have exclaimed, My father, thou! My mother! and My sister! to the worm.
to/for pit: grave to call: call out father my you(m. s.) mother my and sister my to/for worm
15 Where then would be my hope? And, as for my blessedness, who should see it!
and where? then hope my and hope my who? to see her
16 With me to hades, would they go down, If, wholly—into the dust, is the descent! (Sheol )
alone: pole hell: Sheol to go down if: surely no unitedness upon dust to descend (Sheol )