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Job 17 :: Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

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My spirit is broken.

My days are extinguished.

A graveyard awaits me.

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Surely mockers surround[fn] me,

and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.

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Accept my pledge! Put up security for me.

Who else will be my sponsor?[fn]

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You have closed their minds to understanding,

therefore you will not honor them.

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If a man denounces his friends for a price,

the eyes of his children will fail.

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He has made me an object of scorn to the people;

I have become a man people spit at.[fn]

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My eyes have grown dim from grief,

and my whole body has become but a shadow.

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The upright are appalled at this,

and the innocent are roused against the godless.

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Yet the righteous person will hold to his way,

and the one whose hands are clean will grow stronger.

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But come back and try again, all of you.[fn]

I will not find a wise man among you.

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My days have slipped by;

my plans have been ruined,

even the things dear to my heart.

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They turned night into day

and made light seem near in the face of darkness.

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If I await Sheol as my home,

spread out my bed in darkness,

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and say to corruption, “You are my father,”

and to the maggot, “My mother” or “My sister,”

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where then is my hope?

Who can see any hope for me?

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Will it go down to the gates of Sheol,

or will we descend together to the dust?

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Lit are with
Or Who is there that will shake hands with me?
Lit become a spitting to the faces
Some Hb mss, LXX, Vg; other Hb mss read them
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Job Chapter 17 — Additional Translations:

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