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id="topheading"><a href="../job/16.htm" title="Job 16">◄</a> Job 17 <a href="../job/18.htm" title="Job 18">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/job/17.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Job Laments and Prepares for Death</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/17-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>“My spirit is crushed,</p> <p class="poetry2">my days are over;<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:1 Lit. extinguished">a</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">it’s the grave for me!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/17-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Mockers surround me;</p> <p class="poetry2">I cannot stop staring at their hostility all through the night.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/17-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Offer, then, some collateral on my behalf.</p> <p class="poetry2">Is there anyone who will be my guarantor?</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/17-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“Because you’re the one who closed their hearts to compassion;<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:4 Lit. understanding">b</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">therefore, you won’t let them triumph.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/17-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Now as for the one who testifies against his friends</p> <p class="poetry2">to take their property,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:5 Or inheritance">c</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">even the eyes of his children will fail.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/17-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“He has made me a byword among people;</p> <p class="poetry2">I’m being spit on in the face.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/17-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>My eyes have grown weak from grief;</p> <p class="poetry2">and my whole body is as thin as a shadow.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The upright are appalled over this,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the innocent person is troubled by the godless.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But the righteous person will hold to his way,</p> <p class="poetry2">and those with clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.”</p> <p class="heading">Job Prepares for Death</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“Come here now, all of you,</p> <p class="poetry2">and I won’t find a wise person among you.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>My days are passed;</p> <p class="poetry2">my plans have been shattered;</p> <p class="poetry2">along with my heart’s desires.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>They have transformed night into day—</p> <p class="poetry2">‘The light,’ they say, ‘is about to become dark.’</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“If my hope were that my house is the afterlife<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:13 Lit. Sheol; i.e. the realm of the afterlife">d</a></span> itself,</p> <p class="poetry2">if I were to make my bed in darkness,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>if I call out to the Pit,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:14 i.e. the realm of punishment in the afterlife">e</a></span> ‘You’re my father!’</p> <p class="poetry2">or say to the worm,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:14 i.e. an agent of punishment in the afterlife">f</a></span> ‘My mother!’ or ‘My sister!’</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>where would my hope be?</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop">“And speaking of my hope, who would notice it?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/17-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Will it go down to the bars that lock the doors<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:16 The Heb. lacks that lock the doors">g</a></span> of the afterlife?<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:16 Lit. Sheol; i.e. the realm of the dead">h</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">Will we descend together into the dust?”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 17:1 Lit. <i>extinguished</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 17:4 Lit. <i>understanding</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 17:5 Or <i>inheritance</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 17:13 Lit. <i>Sheol</i>; i.e. the realm of the afterlife<br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 17:14 i.e. the realm of punishment in the afterlife<br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 17:14 i.e. an agent of punishment in the afterlife<br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 17:16 The Heb. lacks <i>that lock the doors</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 17:16 Lit. <i>Sheol</i>; i.e. the realm of the dead<br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../job/16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../job/18.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 18"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 18" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/job/17-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>