Job 17 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 “My spirit is broken, my days are extinguished, The grave is ready 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 “Mockers are certainly with me, And my eye gazes on their provocation. 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 “Make a pledge for me with Yourself; Who is there that will be my guarantor? “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 “For You have kept their hearts away from understanding; 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 “He who informs against friends for a share of the spoils, The eyes of his children also will perish. 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 “But He has made me a proverb among the people, And 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 eye has also become inexpressive because of grief, And all my body parts are 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 will be appalled at this, And the innocent will stir himself up against the godless. 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 “Nevertheless the righteous will hold to his way, And the one who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger. 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 come again all of you now, For 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 are past, my plans are torn apart, The wishes 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 make night into day, saying, ‘The light is near,’ in the presence of 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 hope for Sheol as my home, I make my bed in the 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 call to the grave, ‘You are my father’; To the maggot, ‘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 Where then is my hope? And who looks at my hope? where then is my hope? Who will see my hope? where then is my hope— who can see any hope for me?
16 “Will it go down with me to Sheol? Shall we together go down 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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