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Job 17 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Job 17:1

Job 17:1My spirit hath been destroyed, My days extinguished -- graves are for me.

Job 17:2

Job 17:2If not -- mockeries are with me. And in their provocations mine eye lodgeth.

Job 17:3

Job 17:3Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me?

Job 17:4

Job 17:4For their heart Thou hast hidden From understanding, Therefore Thou dost not exalt them.

Job 17:5

Job 17:5For a portion he sheweth friendship, And the eyes of his sons are consumed.

Job 17:6

Job 17:6And he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am.

Job 17:7

Job 17:7And dim from sorrow is mine eye, And my members as a shadow all of them.

Job 17:8

Job 17:8Astonished are the upright at this, And the innocent against the profane Stirreth himself up.

Job 17:9

Job 17:9And the righteous layeth hold on his way, And the clean of hands addeth strength, And -- dumb are they all.

Job 17:10

Job 17:10Return, and come in, I pray you, And I find not among you a wise man.

Job 17:11

Job 17:11My days have passed by, My devices have been broken off, The possessions of my heart!

Job 17:12

Job 17:12Night for day they appoint, Light is near because of darkness.

Job 17:13

Job 17:13If I wait -- Sheol is my house, In darkness I have spread out my couch.

Job 17:14

Job 17:14To corruption I have called: -- 'Thou art my father.' 'My mother' and 'my sister' -- to the worm.

Job 17:15

Job 17:15And where is now my hope? Yea, my hope, who doth behold it?

Job 17:16

Job 17:16To the parts of Sheol ye go down, If together on the dust we may rest.
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The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

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