Job 17

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