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World English Bible

Job 17 (WEBP)

[1] “My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct and the grave is ready for me.
[2] Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation.
[3] “Now give a pledge. Be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?
[4] For you have hidden their heart from understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.
[5] He who denounces his friends for plunder, even the eyes of his children will fail.
[6] “But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.
[7] My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.
[8] Upright men will be astonished at this. The innocent will stir himself up against the godless.
[9] Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
[10] But as for you all, come back. I will not find a wise man among you.
[11] My days are past. My plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart.
[12] They change the night into day, saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.
[13] If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness,
[14] if I have said to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘My sister,’
[15] where then is my hope? As for my hope, who will see it?
[16] Shall it go down with me to the gates of Sheol, or descend together into the dust?”

Job 17:13 Sheol is the place of the dead.
Job 17:16 Sheol is the place of the dead.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Job 17 (KJVS)

[1] My breath is corrupt, () my days are extinct, () The graves are ready for me.
[2] Are there not mockers with me? And doth not mine eye continue () in their provocation? ()
[3] Lay down () now, put me in a surety () with thee; Who is he that will strike () hands with me?
[4] For thou hast hid () their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt () them.
[5] He that speaketh () flattery to his friends, Even the eyes of his children shall fail. ()
[6] He hath made () me also a byword of the people; And aforetime I was as a tabret.
[7] Mine eye also is dim () by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.
[8] Upright men shall be astonied () at this, And the innocent shall stir up () himself against the hypocrite.
[9] The righteous also shall hold () on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall be () stronger and stronger.
[10] But as for you all, do ye return, () and come now: () For I cannot find () one wise man among you.
[11] My days are past, () my purposes are broken off, () Even the thoughts of my heart.
[12] They change () the night into day: The light is short because of darkness.
[13] If I wait, () the grave is mine house: I have made () my bed in the darkness.
[14] I have said () to corruption, Thou art my father: To the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
[15] And where is now my hope? As for my hope, who shall see () it?
[16] They shall go down () to the bars of the pit, When our rest together is in the dust.

Job 17:1 Or, my spirit is spent
Job 17:2 Heb. lodge
Job 17:6 Or, before them
Job 17:7 Or, my thoughts
Job 17:9 Heb. shall add strength
Job 17:11 Heb. the possessions
Job 17:12 Heb. near
Job 17:14 Heb. cried, or called

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Job 17 (BYZ)

[1] ολεκομαι πνευματι φερομενος δεομαι δε ταφης και ου τυγχανω
[2] λισσομαι καμνων και τι ποιησας
[3] εκλεψαν δε μου τα υπαρχοντα αλλοτριοι τις εστιν ουτος τη χειρι μου συνδεθητω
[4] οτι καρδιαν αυτων εκρυψας απο φρονησεως δια τουτο ου μη υψωσης αυτους
[5] τη μεριδι αναγγελει κακιας οφθαλμοι δε μου εφ υιοις ετακησαν
[6] εθου δε με θρυλημα εν εθνεσιν γελως δε αυτοις απεβην
[7] πεπωρωνται γαρ απο οργης οι οφθαλμοι μου πεπολιορκημαι μεγαλως υπο παντων
[8] θαυμα εσχεν αληθινους επι τουτω δικαιος δε επι παρανομω επανασταιη
[9] σχοιη δε πιστος την εαυτου οδον καθαρος δε χειρας αναλαβοι θαρσος
[10] ου μην δε αλλα παντες ερειδετε και δευτε δη ου γαρ ευρισκω εν υμιν αληθες
[11] αι ημεραι μου παρηλθον εν βρομω ερραγη δε τα αρθρα της καρδιας μου
[12] νυκτα εις ημεραν εθηκαν φως εγγυς απο προσωπου σκοτους
[13] εαν γαρ υπομεινω αδης μου ο οικος εν δε γνοφω εστρωται μου η στρωμνη
[14] θανατον επεκαλεσαμην πατερα μου ειναι μητερα δε μου και αδελφην σαπριαν
[15] που ουν μου ετι εστιν η ελπις η τα αγαθα μου οψομαι
[16] η μετ εμου εις αδην καταβησονται η ομοθυμαδον επι χωματος καταβησομεθα

The Greek New Testament According to the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Dedicated to the public domain by Guardian Press, Inc. and J. Jeffrey Dodson.