Job 17
1 spirit my to destroy day my to extinguish grave to/for me
"My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct, And 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
Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation.
3 to set: put [emph?] please to pledge me with you who? he/she/it to/for hand: themselves my to blow
"Now give a pledge, be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands 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 shall not exalt them.
5 to/for portion to tell neighbor and eye son: child his to end: expend
He who denounces his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.
6 and to set me to/for byword people and spit to/for face: before to be
"But he has made me a byword of 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 eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.
8 be desolate: appalled upright upon this and innocent upon profane to rouse
Upright men shall be astonished at this. The innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.
9 and to grasp righteous way: conduct his and pure hand to add strength
Yet shall the righteous hold on his way. He who has clean hands shall 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
But as for you all, come on now again; I shall not find a wise man among you.
11 day my to pass wickedness my to tear possession heart my
My days are past, my plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart.
12 night to/for day to set: make light near from face: before darkness
They change the night into day, saying 'The light is near' in the presence of darkness.
If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the 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
If I have said to corruption, '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
where then is my hope? As for my hope, who shall see it?
