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Job 17
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901
WEB
World English Bible · 2000
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949
1My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave isreadyfor me.
1My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave isreadyfor me.
1My spirit is broken, my days are ended, the last resting-place is ready for me.
2Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth upon their provocation.
2Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth upon their provocation.
2Truly, those who make sport of me are round about me, and my eyes become dark because of their bitter laughing.
3 Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?
3Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?
3Be pleased, now, to be responsible for me to yourself; for there is no other who will put his hand in mine.
4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
4You have kept their hearts from wisdom: for this cause you will not give them honour.
5He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.
5He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.
5As for him who is false to his friend for a reward, light will be cut off from the eyes of his children.
6 But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.
6But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.
6He has made me a word of shame to the peoples; I have become a mark for their sport.
7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.
7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.
7My eyes have become dark because of my pain, and all my body is wasted to a shade.
8Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.
8Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.
8The upright are surprised at this, and he who has done no wrong is troubled because of the evil-doers.
9Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.
9Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.
9Still the upright keeps on his way, and he who has clean hands gets new strength.
10But as for you all, come on now again; And I shall not find a wise man among you.
10But as for you all, come on now again; And I shall not find a wise man among you.
10But come back, now, all of you, come; and I will not see a wise man among you.
11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.
11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.
11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the desires of my heart.
12They change the night into day: The light, say they, is near unto the darkness.
12They change the night into day: The light, say they, is near unto the darkness.
12They are changing night into day; they say, The light is near the dark.
13If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness;
13If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness;
13If I am waiting for the underworld as my house, if I have made my bed in the dark;
14If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, Thou artmy mother, and my sister;
14If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, Thou artmy mother, and my sister;
14If I say to the earth, You are my father; and to the worm, My mother and my sister;