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