Job 17 Parallel Bible

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	STUDY Hebrew & Greek Study Bible	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	רוּחִ֣י חֻ֭בָּלָה יָמַ֥י נִזְעָ֗כוּ קְבָרִ֥ים לִֽי׃	“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	אִם־ לֹ֣א הֲ֭תֻלִים עִמָּדִ֑י וּ֝בְהַמְּרוֹתָ֗ם תָּלַ֥ן עֵינִֽי׃	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	שִֽׂימָה־ נָּ֭א עָרְבֵ֣נִי עִמָּ֑ךְ מִֽי ה֝֗וּא לְיָדִ֥י יִתָּקֵֽעַ׃	“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	כִּֽי־ לִ֭בָּם מִּשָּׂ֑כֶל עַל־ כֵּ֝֗ן לֹ֣א תְרֹמֵֽם׃	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	לְ֭חֵלֶק יַגִּ֣יד רֵעִ֑ים וְעֵינֵ֖י בָנָ֣יו תִּכְלֶֽנָה׃	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	וְֽ֭הִצִּגַנִי לִמְשֹׁ֣ל עַמִּ֑ים וְתֹ֖פֶת לְפָנִ֣ים אֶֽהְיֶֽה׃	“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	וַתֵּ֣כַהּ מִכַּ֣עַשׂ עֵינִ֑י וִֽיצֻרַ֖י כַּצֵּ֣ל כֻּלָּֽם׃	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	יָשֹׁ֣מּוּ יְשָׁרִ֣ים עַל־ זֹ֑את וְ֝נָקִ֗י עַל־ חָנֵ֥ף יִתְעֹרָֽר׃	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	וְיֹאחֵ֣ז צַדִּ֣יק דַּרְכּ֑וֹ וּֽטֳהָר־ יָ֝דַ֗יִם יֹסִ֥יף אֹֽמֶץ׃	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	וְֽאוּלָ֗ם כֻּלָּ֣ם תָּ֭שֻׁבוּ וּבֹ֣אוּ נָ֑א וְלֹֽא־ אֶמְצָ֖א בָכֶ֣ם חָכָֽם׃	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	יָמַ֣י עָ֭בְרוּ זִמֹּתַ֣י נִתְּק֑וּ מ֖וֹרָשֵׁ֣י לְבָבִֽי׃	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	לַ֭יְלָה לְי֣וֹם יָשִׂ֑ימוּ א֝֗וֹר קָר֥וֹב מִפְּנֵי־ חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃	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	אִם־ אֲ֭קַוֶּה שְׁא֣וֹל בֵּיתִ֑י בַּ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְ רִפַּ֥דְתִּי יְצוּעָֽי׃	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	לַשַּׁ֣חַת קָ֭רָאתִי אָ֣בִי אָ֑תָּה אִמִּ֥י וַ֝אֲחֹתִ֗י לָֽרִמָּֽה׃	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	וְ֭אַיֵּה אֵפ֣וֹ תִקְוָתִ֑י וְ֝תִקְוָתִ֗י מִ֣י יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃	where then is my hope? Who will see my hope?	where then is my hope— who can see any hope for me?
16	בַּדֵּ֣י שְׁאֹ֣ל תֵּרַ֑דְנָה אִם־ יַ֖חַד עַל־ עָפָ֣ר נָֽחַת׃ ס	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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