Job 17

Job Says He Has Become a Proverb

1“My spiritH7307 is brokenH2254, my daysH3117 are extinguishedH2193, The 12graveH6913 is ready for me.23MockersH2049 are certainlyH518H3808 with me, And my eyeH5869 4gazesH3885 on their provocationH4784.

3“MakeH7760 a pledgeH6162 5for me with Yourself; WhoH4310 is there that will 6beH8628 my guarantorH8628H3027?4For You have 78keptH6845 their heartsH3820 awayH6845 from understandingH7922; ThereforeH5921H3651 You will not exaltH7311 them.5He who 9informsH5046 against friendsH7453 for a shareH2506 of the spoils, The 10eyesH5869 of his childrenH1121 also will perishH3615.

6“But He has madeH3322 me a 11proverbH4912 among the peopleH5971, And I amH1961 12one at whom people 13spitH8611.7My eyeH5869 has also becomeH3543 14inexpressiveH3543 becauseH4480 of griefH3708, And allH3605 my 15bodyH3338 partsH3338 are like a shadowH6738.8The uprightH3477 will beH8074 appalledH8074 at thisH2088, And the 16innocentH5355 will stirH5782 himself upH5782 againstH5921 the godlessH2611.9Nevertheless 17the righteousH6662 will holdH270 to his wayH1870, And 18the one who has cleanH2889 handsH3027 will growH3254 strongerH555 and strongerH555.10But comeH935 againH7725 allH3605 of 19you nowH4994, For I 20do not findH4672 a wiseH2450 manH2450 among you.11My 21daysH3117 areH5674 pastH5674, my plansH2154 are tornH5423 apartH5423, The wishesH4180 of my heartH3824.12They makeH7760 nightH3915 into dayH3117, saying, ‘The lightH216 is nearH7138,’ in the presenceH6440 of darknessH2822.13IfH518 I hopeH6960 for 2223SheolH7585 as my homeH1004, I 24makeH7502 my bedH3326 in the darknessH2822;14If I callH7121 to the 25graveH7845, ‘You are my fatherH1’; To the 26maggotH7415, ‘my motherH517 and my sisterH269’;15WhereH346 thenH645 is 27my hopeH8615? And whoH4310 looksH7789 atH7789 my hopeH8615?1628Will it goH3381 downH3381 with me to SheolH7585? Shall we togetherH3162 29goH5181 downH5181 into the dustH6083?”