Job 17

Berean Standard Bible

Job Prepares for Death

1“My spiritH7307 is brokenH2254; my daysH3117 are extinguishedH2193; the graveH6913 awaits me.2SurelyH518 H3808 mockersH2049 surround meH5978, and my eyesH5869 must gazeH3885 at their rebellionH4784.

3GiveH7760 me, I prayH4994, the pledgeH6148 YouH5973 demand.Who elseH4310 H1931 will be my guarantorH3027 H8628?4 You have closedH6845 their mindsH3820 to understandingH7922;thereforeH5921 H3651 You will notH3808 exalt themH7311.5If a man denouncesH5046 his friendsH7453 for a priceH2506,the eyesH5869 of his childrenH1121 will failH3615.

6He has made meH3322 a bywordH4911 among the peopleH5971,a man in whose faceH6440 they spitH8611.7My eyesH5869 have grown dimH3543 with griefH3708,and my wholeH3605 bodyH3338 is but a shadowH6738.8The uprightH3477 are appalledH8074 atH5921 thisH2063,and the innocentH5355 are stirredH5782 againstH5921 the godlessH2611.9Yet a righteous oneH6662 holdsH270 to his wayH1870,and the one with clean handsH3027 H2889 growsH3254 strongerH555.10ButH199 come backH935 H4994 and try againH7725, all of youH3605.For I will notH3808 findH4672 a wise manH2450 among you.

11My daysH3117 have passedH5674; my plansH2154 are broken offH5423—even the desiresH4180 of my heartH3824.12They have turnedH7760 nightH3915 into dayH3117,making lightH216 seem nearH7138 in the faceH6440 of darknessH2822.13IfH518 I lookH6960 for SheolH7585 as my homeH1004,if I spread outH7502 my bedH3326 in darknessH2822,14and sayH7121 to corruptionH7845, ‘YouH859 are my fatherH1,’and to the wormH7415, ‘My motherH517,’ or ‘My sisterH269,’15whereH346 thenH645 is my hopeH8615?WhoH4310 can seeH7789 any hope for meH8615?16Will it go downH3381 to the gatesH905 of SheolH7585 ?Will we go downH5181 togetherH3162 intoH5921 the dustH6083?”