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Job 17 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:1 - My spirit is broken, my days are ended, the last resting-place is ready for me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:2 - Truly, those who make sport of me are round about me, and my eyes become dark because of their bitter laughing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:3 - Be pleased, now, to be responsible for me to yourself; for there is no other who will put his hand in mine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:4 - You have kept their hearts from wisdom: for this cause you will not give them honour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:5 - As for him who is false to his friend for a reward, light will be cut off from the eyes of his children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:6 - He has made me a word of shame to the peoples; I have become a mark for their sport.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:7 - My eyes have become dark because of my pain, and all my body is wasted to a shade.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:8 - The upright are surprised at this, and he who has done no wrong is troubled because of the evil-doers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:9 - Still the upright keeps on his way, and he who has clean hands gets new strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:10 - But come back, now, all of you, come; and I will not see a wise man among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:11 - My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the desires of my heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:12 - They are changing night into day; they say, The light is near the dark.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:13 - If I am waiting for the underworld as my house, if I have made my bed in the dark;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:14 - If I say to the earth, You are my father; and to the worm, My mother and my sister;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:15 - Where then is my hope? and who will see my desire?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:16 - Will they go down with me into the underworld? Will we go down together into the dust?
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Job Chapter 17 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras