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Job 17
KJV
King James Version · 1611
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901
WEB
World English Bible · 2000
1My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
1My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave isreadyfor me.
1My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave isreadyfor me.
2Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
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.
3Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
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?
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.
4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
5He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
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.
6He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
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.
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.
7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.
8Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
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.
9The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
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.
10But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
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.
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 thoughts of my heart.
12They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
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.
13If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
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;
14I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my 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 have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, Thou artmy mother, and my sister;