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Put up security for me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.17.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">Who else will be my sponsor?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.17.3.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.17.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>You have closed their minds to understanding,</p><p class="poem">therefore you will not honor them.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.17.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>If a man denounces his friends for a price,</p><p class="poem">the eyes of his children will fail.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.17.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He has made me an object of scorn to the people;</p><p class="poem">I have become a man people spit at.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.17.6.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.17.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.17.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>My eyes have grown dim from grief,</p><p class="poem">and my whole body has become but a shadow.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.17.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The upright are appalled<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.17.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> at this,</p><p class="poem">and the innocent are roused against the godless.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.17.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Yet the righteous person will hold to his way,</p><p class="poem">and the one whose hands are clean<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.17.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> will grow stronger.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.17.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But come back and try again, all of you.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.17.10.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">I will not find a wise man among you.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.17.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>My days have slipped by;</p><p class="poem">my plans have been ruined,</p><p class="poem">even the things dear to my heart.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.17.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>They turned night into day</p><p class="poem">and made light seem near in the face of darkness.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.17.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.17.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>If I await Sheol as my home,</p><p class="poem">spread out my bed in darkness,</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.17.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>and say to corruption, “You are my father,”</p><p class="poem">and to the maggot, “My mother” or “My sister,”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.17.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.17.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>where then is my hope?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.17.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">Who can see any hope for me?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.17.16" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Will it go down to the gates of Sheol,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.17.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">or will we descend together to the dust?</p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Job.17" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Job.17.2.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.17.2">17:2</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">are with</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.17.3.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.17.3">17:3</a></span> Or <span class="italic">Who is there that will shake hands with me?</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.17.6.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.17.6">17:6</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">become a spitting to the faces</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.17.10.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.17.10">17:10</a></span> Some Hb mss, LXX, Vg; other Hb mss read <span class="italic">them</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Job.17" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Job.17.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.17.1">17:1</a></span> Jb 3:22; 5:26; 10:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.17.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.17.2">17:2</a></span> Ps 22:7; 119:51; Jr 20:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.17.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.17.3">17:3</a></span> Gn 43:9; Ps 119:122; Pr 6:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.17.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.17.6">17:6</a></span> Nm 12:14; Is 50:6; Mt 27:30</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.17.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.17.8">17:8</a></span> Jb 18:20; 21:5; Dn 4:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.17.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.17.9">17:9</a></span> 2Sm 22:21; Jb 22:30; Ps 24:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.17.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.17.12">17:12</a></span> Jb 11:17; Ps 37:6; Is 58:8,10</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.17.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.17.14">17:14</a></span> Jb 3:15; 30:23; Ec 12:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.17.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.17.15">17:15</a></span> Jb 7:6; 14:19; 19:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.17.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.17.16">17:16</a></span> Jb 7:9; 11:8; 14:13</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Job.17" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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