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Job 17
WEB
World English Bible · 2000
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752
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.
1My spirit shall be wasted, my days shall be shortened and only the grave remaineth for me.
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.
2I have not sinned, and my eye abideth in bitterness.
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.
3Deliver me, O Lord, and set me beside thee, and let any man's hand fight against me.
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.
4Thou hast set their heart far from understanding, therefore they shall not be exalted.
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.
5He promiseth a prey to his companions, and the eyes of his children shall fail.
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.
6He hath made me as it were a byword of the people, and I am an example before them.
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.
7My eye is dim through indignation, and my limbs are brought as it were to nothing.
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.
8The just shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall be raised up against the hypocrite.
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.
9And the just man shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
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.
10Wherefore be you all converted, and come, and I shall not find among you any wise man.
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.
11My days have passed away, my thoughts are dissipated, tormenting my heart.
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.
12They have turned night into day, and after darkness I hope for light again.
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;
13If I wait hell is my house, and I have made my bed in darkness.
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;
14I have said to rottenness: Thou art my father; to worms, my mother and my sister.