Job 17
1 spirit my to destroy day my to extinguish grave to/for me
My spirit is crushed; my life is extinguished; the grave is ready for me.
2 if: surely yes not mockery with me me and in/on/with to rebel they to lodge eye my
Mockers surround me. I see how bitterly they ridicule me.
3 to set: put [emph?] please to pledge me with you who? he/she/it to/for hand: themselves my to blow
God, you need to put down a pledge for me with yourself, for who else will be my guarantor?
4 for heart their to treasure from understanding upon so not to exalt
You have closed their minds to understanding, so do not let them win!
5 to/for portion to tell neighbor and eye son: child his to end: expend
They betray friends to gain benefit for themselves and their children suffer for it.
6 and to set me to/for byword people and spit to/for face: before to be
He has made me a proverb of ridicule among the people; they spit in my face.
7 and to grow dim from vexation eye my and member my like/as shadow all their
My eyes are worn out from crying and my body is a shadow of its former self.
8 be desolate: appalled upright upon this and innocent upon profane to rouse
People who think they are good are shocked to see me. Those who are innocent are troubled by the godless.
9 and to grasp righteous way: conduct his and pure hand to add strength
Those who are right keep going, and those whose hands are clean grow stronger and stronger.
10 and but all their to return: return and to come (in): come please and not to find in/on/with you wise
Why don't you come back and repeat again what you've been saying?—yet I still won't find a wise man among you!
11 day my to pass wickedness my to tear possession heart my
My life is over. My plans are gone. My heart is broken.
12 night to/for day to set: make light near from face: before darkness
They turn night into day, and say that daylight is close to darkness.
What am I looking for? To make my home in Sheol, to make my bed in darkness? (Sheol h7585)
14 to/for pit: grave to call: call out father my you(m. s.) mother my and sister my to/for worm
Should I call the grave my father, and the maggot my mother or my sister?
15 and where? then hope my and hope my who? to see her
So then where is my hope? Can anyone see any hope for me?
