Job 17
1 “My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct and the grave is ready for me.
spirit my to destroy day my to extinguish grave to/for me
2 Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation.
if: surely yes not mockery with me me and in/on/with to rebel they to lodge eye my
3 “Now give a pledge. Be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?
to set: put [emph?] please to pledge me with you who? he/she/it to/for hand: themselves my to blow
4 For you have hidden their heart from understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.
for heart their to treasure from understanding upon so not to exalt
5 He who denounces his friends for plunder, even the eyes of his children will fail.
to/for portion to tell neighbor and eye son: child his to end: expend
6 “But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.
and to set me to/for byword people and spit to/for face: before to be
7 My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.
and to grow dim from vexation eye my and member my like/as shadow all their
8 Upright men will be astonished at this. The innocent will stir himself up against the godless.
be desolate: appalled upright upon this and innocent upon profane to rouse
9 Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
and to grasp righteous way: conduct his and pure hand to add strength
10 But as for you all, come back. I will not find a wise man among you.
and but all their to return: return and to come (in): come please and not to find in/on/with you wise
11 My days are past. My plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart.
day my to pass wickedness my to tear possession heart my
12 They change the night into day, saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.
night to/for day to set: make light near from face: before darkness
if to await hell: Sheol house: home my in/on/with darkness to spread bed my (Sheol h7585)
14 if I have said to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘My sister,’
to/for pit: grave to call: call out father my you(m. s.) mother my and sister my to/for worm
15 where then is my hope? As for my hope, who will see it?
and where? then hope my and hope my who? to see her
