Job 17

Job 17:1 My breath is disturbed. My days are extinguished. A graveyard awaits me.

Job 17:2 Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.

Job 17:3 Accept my pledge! Put up security for me. Who else will be my sponsor?

Therefore, you have closed their minds to understanding; thus, you will not honor them.

Job 17:5 If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.

Job 17:6 He has made me an object of scorn to the people; I have become a face people spit at.

Job 17:7 My eyes have grown dim from aggravation, and my whole body has become but a shadow.

Job 17:8 The upright is appalled at this, and the innocent are roused against the godless.

Job 17:9 Yet the righteous person will hold to his way, and the one whose hands are clean will grow stronger.

Job 17:10 But come back and try again, all of you. I will not find a wise man among you.

Job 17:11 My days have slipped by; my plans have been torn up, even the things dear to my heart.

Job 17:12 They turned night into day and made light seem near in the face of darkness.

Job 17:13 If I await Sheol as my home, spread out my bed in darkness,

Job 17:14 and say to rot, “You are my father,” and to the maggot, “My mother” or “My sister,”

Job 17:15 where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?

Job 17:16 Will it go down to the gates of Sheol, or will we descend together to the dust?

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