Job 17
1 spirit my to destroy day my to extinguish grave to/for me
“My spirit has been destroyed, My days extinguished—graves [are] for me.
2 if: surely yes not mockery with me me and in/on/with to rebel they to lodge eye my
If not—mockeries [are] with me. And my eye lodges in their provocations.
3 to set: put [emph?] please to pledge me with you who? he/she/it to/for hand: themselves my to blow
Now place my pledge with You; Who is he that strikes hand with me?
4 for heart their to treasure from understanding upon so not to exalt
For You have hidden their heart from understanding, Therefore You do not exalt them.
5 to/for portion to tell neighbor and eye son: child his to end: expend
For a portion he shows friendship, And the eyes of his sons are consumed.
6 and to set me to/for byword people and spit to/for face: before to be
And He set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And I am a wonder before them.
7 and to grow dim from vexation eye my and member my like/as shadow all their
And my eye is dim from sorrow, And my members—all of them—as a shadow.
8 be desolate: appalled upright upon this and innocent upon profane to rouse
The upright are astonished at this, and the innocent stirs himself up against the profane.
9 and to grasp righteous way: conduct his and pure hand to add strength
And the righteous lays hold [on] his way, And the clean of hands adds strength.
10 and but all their to return: return and to come (in): come please and not to find in/on/with you wise
But please return and come in, all of you, And I do not find a wise man among you.
11 day my to pass wickedness my to tear possession heart my
My days have passed by, My plans have been broken off, The possessions of my heart!
12 night to/for day to set: make light near from face: before darkness
They appoint night for day, Light [is] near because of darkness.
If I wait—Sheol [is] my house, In darkness I have spread out my bed. (Sheol h7585)
14 to/for pit: grave to call: call out father my you(m. s.) mother my and sister my to/for worm
To corruption I have called: You [are] my father. To the worm: My mother and my sister.
15 and where? then hope my and hope my who? to see her
And where [is] my hope now? Indeed, my hope, who beholds it?
