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Passage Lookup: Job 17
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15 verses
My spirit is broken, my days are cut short, the grave awaits me.
Job 17:1
My spirit is broken, my days are cut short, the grave awaits me.
Surely mockers surround me; my eyes must dwell on their hostility.
Job 17:2
Surely mockers surround me; my eyes must dwell on their hostility.
"Give me, O God, the pledge you demand. Who else will put up security for me?
Job 17:3
"Give me, O God, the pledge you demand. Who else will put up security for me?
You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore you will not let them triumph.
Job 17:4
You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore you will not let them triumph.
If a man denounces his friends for reward, the eyes of his children will fail.
Job 17:5
If anyone denounces their friends for reward, the eyes of their children will fail.
"God has made me a byword to everyone, a man in whose face people spit.
Job 17:6
"God has made me a byword to everyone, a man in whose face people spit.
My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow.
Job 17:7
My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow.
Upright men are appalled at this; the innocent are aroused against the ungodly.
Job 17:8
The upright are appalled at this; the innocent are aroused against the ungodly.
Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways, and those with clean hands will grow stronger.
Job 17:9
Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways, and those with clean hands will grow stronger.
"But come on, all of you, try again! I will not find a wise man among you.
Job 17:10
"But come on, all of you, try again! I will not find a wise man among you.
My days have passed, my plans are shattered, and so are the desires of my heart.
Job 17:11
My days have passed, my plans are shattered. Yet the desires of my heart
These men turn night into day; in the face of darkness they say, 'Light is near.'
Job 17:12
turn night into day; in the face of the darkness light is near.
If the only home I hope for is the grave, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
Job 17:13
If the only home I hope for is the grave, if I spread out my bed in the realm of darkness,
if I say to corruption, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'My mother' or 'My sister,'
Job 17:14
if I say to corruption, ‘You are my father,' and to the worm, ‘My mother' or ‘My sister,'
where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?
Job 17:15
where then is my hope— who can see any hope for me?
Will it go down to the gates of death ? Will we descend together into the dust?"
Job 17:16
Will it go down to the gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?"
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