Job 17
1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves [are ready] for me.
My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
2 [Are there] not mockers with me? and doth not my eye continue in their provocation?
Are there not mockers with me? and does not mine eye continue in their provocation?
3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who [is] he [that] will strike hands with me?
Lay down now, put me in a guarantor with you; who is he that will shake hands with me?
4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].
For you have hid their heart from understanding: therefore shall you not exalt them.
5 He that speaketh flattery to [his] friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
He that speaks flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
6 He hath made me also a by-word of the people; and in former time I was as a tabret.
He has made me also a byword of the people; and in old times I was as a timbrel.
7 My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members [are] as a shade.
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
8 Upright [men] shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
Upright men shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that has clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find [one] wise [man] among you.
But as for you all, do all of you return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, [even] the thoughts of my heart.
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
12 They change the night into day: the light [is] short because of darkness.
They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness. (Sheol h7585)
14 I have said to corruption, Thou [art] my father: to the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister.
I have said to corruption, You are my father: to the worm, You are my mother, and my sister.
15 And where [is] now my hope? as for my hope, who will see it?
And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
