Job 17 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 My spirit is broken, my days finished, my burial at hand. “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 Surely mockers surround me, at their provocation, my eyes grow dim. 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 Put up a pledge for me with you: who is there to give surety for 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 darken their minds to knowledge; therefore you will not exalt them. 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 For a share of property he informs on friends, while the eyes of his children grow dim. 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 I am made a byword of the people; I am one at whom people spit. “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 eyes are blind with anguish, and my whole frame is like a shadow. 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 upright are astonished at this, the innocent aroused against the wicked. 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 The righteous holds to his way, the one with clean hands increases in 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 But turn now, and come on again; I do not find a wise man among you! 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 pass by, my plans are at an end, the yearning of 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 would change the night into day; where there is darkness they talk of approaching light. 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 my only hope is dwelling in Sheol, and spreading my couch in darkness, 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 If I am to say to the pit, “You are my father,” and to the worm “my mother,” “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 Where then is my hope, my happiness, who can see it? where then is my hope? Who will see my hope? where then is my hope— who can see any hope for me?
16 Will they descend with me into Sheol? Shall we go down together into the dust? 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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