< Job 17 >
1 My spirit hath been destroyed, My days extinguished — graves [are] for me.
spirit my to destroy day my to extinguish grave to/for me
2 If not — mockeries [are] with me. And in their provocations mine eye lodgeth.
if: surely yes not mockery with me me and in/on/with to rebel they to lodge eye my
3 Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand 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 their heart Thou hast hidden From understanding, Therefore Thou dost not exalt them.
for heart their to treasure from understanding upon so not to exalt
5 For a portion he sheweth friendship, And the eyes of his sons are consumed.
to/for portion to tell neighbor and eye son: child his to end: expend
6 And he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am.
and to set me to/for byword people and spit to/for face: before to be
7 And dim from sorrow is mine eye, And my members as a shadow all of them.
and to grow dim from vexation eye my and member my like/as shadow all their
8 Astonished are the upright at this, And the innocent against the profane Stirreth himself up.
be desolate: appalled upright upon this and innocent upon profane to rouse
9 And the righteous layeth hold [on] his way, And the clean of hands addeth strength, And — dumb are they all.
and to grasp righteous way: conduct his and pure hand to add strength
10 Return, and come in, I pray you, And I find not among you a wise man.
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 have passed by, My devices have been broken off, The possessions of my heart!
day my to pass wickedness my to tear possession heart my
12 Night for day they appoint, Light [is] near because of darkness.
night to/for day to set: make light near from face: before darkness
13 If I wait — Sheol [is] my house, In darkness I have spread out my couch. (Sheol )
if to await hell: Sheol house: home my in/on/with darkness to spread bed my (Sheol )
14 To corruption I have called: — 'Thou [art] my father.' 'My mother' and 'my sister' — to the worm.
to/for pit: grave to call: call out father my you(m. s.) mother my and sister my to/for worm
15 And where [is] now my hope? Yea, my hope, who doth behold it?
and where? then hope my and hope my who? to see her
16 [To] the parts of Sheol ye go down, If together on the dust we may rest. (Sheol )
alone: pole hell: Sheol to go down if: surely no unitedness upon dust to descend (Sheol )