Job 17 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 My spirit will be wasted, my days will be shortened, and only the grave will left for me. “My spirit is broken; my days are extinct; the graveyard is ready for me. My spirit is broken, my days are cut short, the grave awaits me.
2 I have not sinned, yet my eye remains in bitterness. Surely there are mockers about me, and my eye dwells on their provocation. Surely mockers surround me; my eyes must dwell on their hostility.
3 Free me, O Lord, and set me beside you, and let the hand of anyone you wish fight against me. “Lay down a pledge for me with you; who is there who will put up security for me? “Give me, O God, the pledge you demand. Who else will put up security for me?
4 You have set their heart far from discipline; therefore, they will not be praised. Since you have closed their hearts to understanding, therefore you will not let them triumph. You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore you will not let them triumph.
5 He promises prey to his companions, but the eyes of his sons will grow faint. He who informs against his friends to get a share of their property— the eyes of his children will fail. If anyone denounces their friends for reward, the eyes of their children will fail.
6 He has posted me like a proverb to the people, and I am an example in their presence. “He has made me a byword of the peoples, and I am one before whom men spit. “God has made me a byword to everyone, a man in whose face people spit.
7 My eyesight has been clouded by indignation, and my limbs have been reduced, as if to nothing. My eye has grown dim from vexation, and all my members are like a shadow. My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow.
8 The just will be astounded over this, and the innocent will be stirred up against the hypocrite. The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent stirs himself up against the godless. The upright are appalled at this; the innocent are aroused against the ungodly.
9 And the just will cling to his way, and clean hands will increase strength. Yet the righteous holds to his way, and he who has clean hands grows stronger and stronger. Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways, and those with clean hands will grow stronger.
10 Therefore, be converted, all of you, and approach, for I do not find in you any wisdom. But you, come on again, all of you, and I shall not find a wise man among you. “But come on, all of you, try again! I will not find a wise man among you.
11 My days have passed away; my thoughts have been scattered, tormenting my heart. My days are past; my plans are broken off, the desires of my heart. My days have passed, my plans are shattered. Yet the desires of my heart
12 They have turned night into day, and I hope for light again after the darkness. They make night into day: ‘The light,’ they say, ‘is near to the darkness.’ turn night into day; in the face of the darkness light is near.
13 If I should wait, the underworld is my house, and in darkness I have spread out my bed. If I hope for Sheol as my house, if I make my bed in darkness, If the only home I hope for is the grave, if I spread out my bed in the realm of darkness,
14 I have said to decay and to worms: “You are my father, my mother, and my sister.” if I say to the pit, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’ if I say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother’ or ‘My sister,’
15 Therefore, where is my expectation now, and who is it that considers my patience? where then is my hope? Who will see my hope? where then is my hope— who can see any hope for me?
16 Everything of mine will descend into the deepest underworld; do you think that, in that place at least, there will be rest for me? Will it go down to the bars of Sheol? Shall we descend together into the dust?” Will it go down to the gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?”
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