Read Job 17

World English Bible · 16 verses

1. ¹ “My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct and the grave is ready for me.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
2. ² Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
3. ³ “Now give a pledge. Be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
4. ⁴ For you have hidden their heart from understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
5. ⁵ He who denounces his friends for plunder, even the eyes of his children will fail.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
6. ⁶ “But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
7. ⁷ My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
8. ⁸ Upright men will be astonished at this. The innocent will stir himself up against the godless.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
9. ⁹ Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
10. ¹⁰ But as for you all, come back. I will not find a wise man among you.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
11. ¹¹ My days are past. My plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
12. ¹² They change the night into day, saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
13. ¹³ If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
14. ¹⁴ if I have said to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘My sister,’This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
15. ¹⁵ where then is my hope? As for my hope, who will see it?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
16. ¹⁶ Shall it go down with me to the gates of Sheol, or descend together into the dust?”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

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