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<A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>You have closed their minds to understanding; <p class="indent2"> therefore You will not exalt them. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>If a man denounces his friends for a price, <p class="indent2"> the eyes of his children will fail. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He has made me a byword among the people, <p class="indent2"> a man in whose face they spit. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>My eyes have grown dim with grief, <p class="indent2"> and my whole body is but a shadow. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The upright are appalled at this, <p class="indent2"> and the innocent are stirred against the godless. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Yet a righteous one holds to his way, <p class="indent2"> and the one with clean hands grows stronger. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But come back and try again, all of you. <p class="indent2"> For I will not find a wise man among you. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>My days have passed; my plans are broken off—<p class="indent2"> even the desires of my heart. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>They have turned night into day, <p class="indent2"> making light seem near in the face of darkness. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>If I look for Sheol as my home, <p class="indent2"> if I spread out my bed in darkness, <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ <p class="indent2"> and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’ <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>where then is my hope? <p class="indent2"> Who can see any hope for me? <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? <p class="indent2"> Will we go down together into the dust?”</p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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