Job 17New King James Version
Job Prays for Relief
17 “My spirit is broken,
My days are extinguished,
(A)The graveis readyfor me.
2 Arenot mockers with me?
And does not my eye[a]dwell on their(B)provocation?
3 “Now put down a pledge for me with Yourself.
Whoishewho(C)will shake hands with me?
4 For You have hidden their heart from(D)understanding;
Therefore You will not exaltthem.
5 He who speaks flattery tohisfriends,
Even the eyes of his children will(E)fail.
6 “But He has made me(F)a byword of the people,
And I have become one in whose face men spit.
7 (G)My eye has also grown dim because of sorrow,
And all my membersarelike shadows.
8 Uprightmenare astonished at this,
And the innocent stirs himself up against the hypocrite.
9 Yet the righteous will hold to his(H)way,
And he who has(I)clean hands will be stronger and stronger.
10 “But please,(J)come back again,[b]all of you,
For I shall not findonewisemanamong you.
11 (K)My days are past,
My purposes are broken off,
Eventhe[c]thoughts of my heart.
12 They change the night into day;
‘The lightisnear,’they say,in the face of darkness.
13 If I waitforthe graveasmy house,
If I make my bed in the darkness,
14 If I say to corruption, ‘Youaremy father,’
And to the worm, ‘Youaremy mother and my sister,’
15 Where thenismy(L)hope?
As for my hope, who can see it?
16 Willthey go down(M)to the gates of[d]Sheol?
Shallwe have(N)rest together in the dust?”
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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