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Passage Lookup: Job 17

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Job 17:1
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1My spirit(a) is broken, my days are cut short,(b) the grave awaits me.(c)
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Job 17:2
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Surely mockers(d) surround me;(e) my eyes must dwell on their hostility.
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Job 17:3
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"Give me, O God, the pledge you demand.(f) Who else will put up security(g) for me?(h)
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Job 17:4
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You have closed their minds to understanding;(i) therefore you will not let them triumph.
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Job 17:5
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If anyone denounces their friends for reward,(j) the eyes of their children will fail.(k)
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Job 17:6
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"God has made me a byword(l) to everyone,(m) a man in whose face people spit.(n)
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Job 17:7
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My eyes have grown dim with grief;(o) my whole frame is but a shadow.(p)
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Job 17:8
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The upright are appalled at this; the innocent are aroused(q) against the ungodly.
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Job 17:9
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Nevertheless, the righteous(r) will hold to their ways, and those with clean hands(s) will grow stronger.(t)
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Job 17:10
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"But come on, all of you, try again! I will not find a wise man among you.(u)
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Job 17:11
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My days have passed,(v) my plans are shattered. Yet the desires of my heart(w)
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Job 17:12
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turn night into day;(x) in the face of the darkness light is near.(y)
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Job 17:13
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If the only home I hope for is the grave,(z) if I spread out my bed(aa) in the realm of darkness,(ab)
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Job 17:14
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if I say to corruption,(ac) ‘You are my father,' and to the worm,(ad) ‘My mother' or ‘My sister,'
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Job 17:15
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where then is my hope—(ae) who can see any hope for me?(af)
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Job 17:16
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Will it go down to the gates of death?(ag) Will we descend together into the dust?"(ah)
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