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Job 17


Job 17:1 "My spirit is broken, my days are extinguished, The grave is ready for me.
Job 17:2 "Surely mockers are with me, And my eye gazes on their provocation.
Job 17:3 "Lay down, now, a pledge for me with Yourself; Who is there that will be my guarantor?
Job 17:4 "For You have kept their heart from understanding, Therefore You will not exalt them.
Job 17:5 "He who informs against friends for a share of the spoil, The eyes of his children also will languish.
Job 17:6 "But He has made me a byword of the people, And I am one at whom men spit.
Job 17:7 "My eye has also grown dim because of grief, And all my members are as a shadow.
Job 17:8 "The upright will be appalled at this, And the innocent will stir up himself against the godless.
Job 17:9 "Nevertheless the righteous will hold to his way, And he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
Job 17:10 "But come again all of you now, For I do not find a wise man among you.
Job 17:11 "My days are past, my plans are torn apart, Even the wishes of my heart.
Job 17:12 "They make night into day, saying, 'The light is near,' in the presence of darkness.
Job 17:13 "If I look for Sheol as my home, I make my bed in the darkness;
Job 17:14 If I call to the pit, 'You are my father'; To the worm, 'my mother and my sister';
Job 17:15 Where now is my hope? And who regards my hope?
Job 17:16 "Will it go down with me to Sheol? Shall we together go down into the dust?"


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Job 17:1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me. Job 17:1 "My spirit is broken, my days are extinguished, The grave is ready for me. Job 17:1 ὀλέκομαι πνεύματι φερόμενος δέομαι δὲ ταφῆς καὶ οὐ τυγχάνω
Job 17:2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? Job 17:2 "Surely mockers are with me, And my eye gazes on their provocation. Job 17:2 λίσσομαι κάμνων καὶ τί ποιήσας
Job 17:3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me? Job 17:3 "Lay down, now, a pledge for me with Yourself; Who is there that will be my guarantor? Job 17:3 ἔκλεψαν δέ μου τὰ ὑπάρχοντα ἀλλότριοι τίς ἐστιν οὗτος τῇ χειρί μου συνδεθήτω
Job 17:4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them. Job 17:4 "For You have kept their heart from understanding, Therefore You will not exalt them. Job 17:4 ὅτι καρδίαν αὐτῶν ἔκρυψας ἀπὸ φρονήσεως διὰ τοῦτο οὐ μὴ ὑψώσῃς αὐτούς
Job 17:5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. Job 17:5 "He who informs against friends for a share of the spoil, The eyes of his children also will languish. Job 17:5 τῇ μερίδι ἀναγγελεῖ κακίας ὀφθαλμοὶ δέ μου ἐφ᾽ υἱοῖς ἐτάκησαν
Job 17:6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret. Job 17:6 "But He has made me a byword of the people, And I am one at whom men spit. Job 17:6 ἔθου δέ με θρύλημα ἐν ἔθνεσιν γέλως δὲ αὐτοῖς ἀπέβην
Job 17:7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow. Job 17:7 "My eye has also grown dim because of grief, And all my members are as a shadow. Job 17:7 πεπώρωνται γὰρ ἀπὸ ὀργῆς οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου πεπολιόρκημαι μεγάλως ὑπὸ πάντων
Job 17:8 Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite. Job 17:8 "The upright will be appalled at this, And the innocent will stir up himself against the godless. Job 17:8 θαῦμα ἔσχεν ἀληθινοὺς ἐπὶ τούτῳ δίκαιος δὲ ἐπὶ παρανόμῳ ἐπανασταίη
Job 17:9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. Job 17:9 "Nevertheless the righteous will hold to his way, And he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger. Job 17:9 σχοίη δὲ πιστὸς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ὁδόν καθαρὸς δὲ χεῖρας ἀναλάβοι θάρσος
Job 17:10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you. Job 17:10 "But come again all of you now, For I do not find a wise man among you. Job 17:10 οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ πάντες ἐρείδετε καὶ δεῦτε δή οὐ γὰρ εὑρίσκω ἐν ὑμῖν ἀληθές
Job 17:11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. Job 17:11 "My days are past, my plans are torn apart, Even the wishes of my heart. Job 17:11 αἱ ἡμέραι μου παρῆλθον ἐν βρόμῳ ἐρράγη δὲ τὰ ἄρθρα τῆς καρδίας μου
Job 17:12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness. Job 17:12 "They make night into day, saying, 'The light is near,' in the presence of darkness. Job 17:12 νύκτα εἰς ἡμέραν ἔθηκαν φῶς ἐγγὺς ἀπὸ προσώπου σκότους
Job 17:13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness. Job 17:13 "If I look for Sheol as my home, I make my bed in the darkness; Job 17:13 ἐὰν γὰρ ὑπομείνω ᾅδης μου ὁ οἶκος ἐν δὲ γνόφῳ ἔστρωταί μου ἡ στρωμνή
Job 17:14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. Job 17:14 If I call to the pit, 'You are my father'; To the worm, 'my mother and my sister'; Job 17:14 θάνατον ἐπεκαλεσάμην πατέρα μου εἶναι μητέρα δέ μου καὶ ἀδελφὴν σαπρίαν
Job 17:15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? Job 17:15 Where now is my hope? And who regards my hope? Job 17:15 ποῦ οὖν μου ἔτι ἐστὶν ἡ ἐλπίς ἦ τὰ ἀγαθά μου ὄψομαι
Job 17:16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust. Job 17:16 "Will it go down with me to Sheol? Shall we together go down into the dust?" Job 17:16 ἦ μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ εἰς ᾅδην καταβήσονται ἢ ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐπὶ χώματος καταβησόμεθα

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