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 used up, my grave dug and waiting.
Job.17.1
My spirit is broken, my days are cut short, the grave awaits me.
Job.17.1
"My spirit is broken, My days are extinguished, The grave is ready for me.
Job.17.1
"My spirit is crushed, and I am near death. The grave is ready to receive me.
Job.17.2
Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
Job.17.2
See how these mockers close in on me? How long do I have to put up with their insolence?
Job.17.2
Surely mockers surround me; my eyes must dwell on their hostility.
Job.17.2
Are not mockers with me? And does not my eye dwell on their provocation?
Job.17.2
I am surrounded by mockers. I watch how bitterly they taunt me.
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
"O God, pledge your support for me. Give it to me in writing, with your signature. You're the only one who can do it!
Job.17.3
"Give me, O God, the pledge you demand. Who else will put up security for me?
Job.17.3
"Now put down a pledge for me with Yourself. Who is he who will shake hands with me?
Job.17.3
"You must defend my innocence, O God, since no one else will stand up for me.
Job.17.4
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
Job.17.4
These people are so useless! You know firsthand how stupid they can be. You wouldn't let them have the last word, would you?
Job.17.4
You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore you will not let them triumph.
Job.17.4
For You have hidden their heart from understanding; Therefore You will not exalt them.
Job.17.4
You have closed their minds to understanding, but do not let them triumph.
Job.17.5
He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
Job.17.5
Those who betray their own friends leave a legacy of abuse to their children.
Job.17.5
If a man denounces his friends for reward, the eyes of his children will fail.
Job.17.5
He who speaks flattery to his friends, Even the eyes of his children will fail.
Job.17.5
They denounce their companions for their own advantage, so let their children faint with hunger.
Job.17.6
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
Job.17.6
"God, you've made me the talk of the town--people spit in my face;
Job.17.6
"God has made me a byword to everyone, a man in whose face people spit.
Job.17.6
"But He has made me a byword of the people, And I have become one in whose face men spit.
Job.17.6
"God has made a mockery of me among the people; they spit in my face.
Job.17.7
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
Job.17.7
I can hardly see from crying so much; I'm nothing but skin and bones.
Job.17.7
My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow.
Job.17.7
My eye has also grown dim because of sorrow, And all my members are like shadows.
Job.17.7
My eyes are dim with weeping, and I am but a shadow of my former self.
Job.17.8
Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
Job.17.8
Decent people can't believe what they're seeing; the good-hearted wake up and insist I've given up on God.
Job.17.8
Upright men are appalled at this; the innocent are aroused against the ungodly.
Job.17.8
Upright men are astonished at this, And the innocent stirs himself up against the hypocrite.
Job.17.8
The upright are astonished when they see me. The innocent are aroused against the ungodly.
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
"But principled people hold tight, keep a firm grip on life, sure that their clean, pure hands will get stronger and stronger!
Job.17.9
Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways, and those with clean hands will grow stronger.
Job.17.9
Yet the righteous will hold to his way, And he who has clean hands will be stronger and stronger.
Job.17.9
The righteous will move onward and forward, and those with pure hearts will become stronger and stronger.
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
"Maybe you'd all like to start over, to try it again, the bunch of you. So far I haven't come across one scrap of wisdom in anything you've said.
Job.17.10
"But come on, all of you, try again! I will not find a wise man among you.
Job.17.10
"But please, come back again, all of you, For I shall not find one wise man among you.
Job.17.10
"As for all of you, come back and try again! But I will not find a wise man among you.
Job.17.11
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
Job.17.11
My life's about over. All my plans are smashed, all my hopes are snuffed out--
Job.17.11
My days have passed, my plans are shattered, and so are the desires of my heart.
Job.17.11
My days are past, My purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.
Job.17.11
My days are over. My hopes have disappeared. My heart's desires are broken.
Job.17.12
They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
Job.17.12
My hope that night would turn into day, my hope that dawn was about to break.
Job.17.12
These men turn night into day; in the face of darkness they say, 'Light is near.'
Job.17.12
They change the night into day; "The light is near,' they say, in the face of darkness.
Job.17.12
They say that night is day and day is night; how they pervert the truth!
Job.17.13
If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
Job.17.13
If all I have to look forward to is a home in the graveyard, if my only hope for comfort is a well-built coffin,
Job.17.13
If the only home I hope for is the grave, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
Job.17.13
If I wait for the grave as my house, If I make my bed in the darkness,
Job.17.13
I might go to the grave and make my bed in darkness.
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 a family reunion means going six feet under, and the only family that shows up is worms,
Job.17.14
if I say to corruption, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'My mother' or 'My sister,'
Job.17.14
If I say to corruption, "You are my father,' And to the worm, "You are my mother and my sister,'
Job.17.14
And I might call the grave my father, and the worm my mother and my sister.
Job.17.15
And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
Job.17.15
Do you call that hope? Who on earth could find any hope in that?
Job.17.15
where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?
Job.17.15
Where then is my hope? As for my hope, who can see it?
Job.17.15
But where then is my hope? Can anyone find it?
Job.17.16
They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
Job.17.16
No. If hope and I are to be buried together, I suppose you'll all come to the double funeral!" HKBildad's Second AttackHK Plunged from Light into Darkness
Job.17.16
Will it go down to the gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?"
Job.17.16
Will they go down to the gates of Sheol? Shall we have rest together in the dust?"
Job.17.16
No, my hope will go down with me to the grave. We will rest together in the dust!"
