NASB — Job 17 — KJV

Job Says He Has Become a Byword

  1 “My spirit° is broken°, my days° are extinguished°,
  The Iagrave° is [ready] for me.
  2 “aSurely°° mockers° are with me,
  And my eye° Igazes° on their provocation°.

[1] ILit graves aPs 88:3, 4
[2] ILit lodges aJb 12:4; 17:6

  3 ¶ “Lay° down°, now°, a pledge° afor me with Yourself;
  Who° is there that will Ibe my guarantor°°?
  4 “For You have Iakept° their heart° from understanding°,
  Therefore°° You will not exalt° [them].
  5 “He who ainforms° against friends° for a share° [of the spoil],
  The beyes° of his children° also will languish°.

[3] ILit strike hands with me aPs 119:122; Is 38:14
[4] ILit hidden aJb 12:20
[5] aLv 19:13, 16 bJb 11:20

  6 ¶ “But He has made° me a abyword° of the people°,
  And I am° Ione at whom men bspit°.
  7 “My eye° has also grown° adim° because° of grief°,
  And all° my bmembers° are as a shadow°.
  8 “The upright° will be appalled° at this°,
  And the ainnocent° will stir° up himself against° the godless°.
  9 “Nevertheless athe righteous° will hold° to his way°,
  And bhe who has clean° hands° will grow° stronger° and stronger.
  10 “But come° again° all° of Iyou now°,
  For I ado not find° a wise° man° among you.
  11 “My adays° are past°, my plans° are torn° apart°,
  [Even] the wishes° of my heart°.
  12 “They make° night° into day°, [saying],
  ‘The light° is near°,’ in the presence° of darkness°.
  13 “If° I look° for aSheol° as my home°,
  I Imake° my bed° in the darkness°;
  14 If I call° to the apit°, ‘You are my father°’;
  To the bworm°, ‘my mother° and my sister°’;
  15 Where° now° is amy hope°?
  And who° regards° my hope°?
  16 “IWill it go° down° with me to Sheol°?
  Shall we together° ago° down° into the dust°?”

[6] ILit a spitting to the faces aJb 17:2 bJb 30:10
[7] aJb 16:16 bJb 16:8
[8] aJb 22:19
[9] aPv 4:18 bJb 22:30; 31:7
[10] IWith some ancient mss and versions; M.T. them aJb 12:2
[11] aJb 7:6
[13] ILit spread out aJb 3:13
[14] aJb 7:5; 13:28; 30:30 bJb 21:26; 25:6
[15] aJb 7:6
[16] ISo the Gr; Heb possibly Let my limbs sink down to Sheol, since there is rest in the dust for all aJb 3:17; 21:33

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Job appealeth from men to God.

1 ¶ My breathº is corrupt,ºª my daysº are extinct,ºª the gravesº [are ready] for me. 2 [Are there] not² mockersº with² me? and doth not mine eyeº continueºª in their provocation?ºª 3 Lay downºª now,² put me in a suretyºª with² thee; who² [is] he² [that] will strikeºª handsº with me? 4 For² thou hast hidºª their heartº from understanding:º² therefore²² shalt thou not² exaltºª [them]. 5 He that speakethºª flatteryº to [his] friends,º even the eyesº of his childrenº shall fail.ºª

[1] Jb 6:11; 17:13; 19:17; 42:16; Ps 88:3; Is 38:10; 57:16.
[2] 1S 1:6; Jb 12:4; 13:9; 16:20; 21:3; Ps 25:13; 35:14; 91:1; Mt 27:39.
[3] Gn 43:9; 44:32; Jb 9:33; Pv 6:11; 11:15; 17:18; 20:16; 22:26; He 7:22.
[4] 2S 15:31; 17:14; 2Ch 25:16; Is 19:14; Mt 11:25; 13:11; Ro 11:8; 1Co 1:20.
[5] Ex 20:5; Dt 28:65; 1K 11:12; Jb 32:21; Ps 12:2; Pv 20:19; 29:5; Lm 4:17; 1Th 2:5.

The unmerciful dealing of men with the afflicted may astonish, but not discourage the righteous.

6 He hath madeºª me also a bywordº of the people;º and aforetimeº I was² as a tabret.º 7 Mine eyeº also is dimºª by reason of sorrow,º² and all² my membersº [are] as a shadow.º 8 Uprightº [men] shall be astoniedºª at² this,² and the innocentº shall stir up¹ª himself² against² the hypocrite.º 9 The righteousº also shall holdºª on his way,º and he that hath clean¹² handsº shall be¹ª stronger and stronger.º² 10 Butº as for you all,² do ye return,ºª and come² now:¹ª² for I cannot² findºª [one] wiseº [man] among you.

[6] Gn 31:27; 1K 9:7; Jb 30:9; Ps 44:14; Is 5:12.
[7] Jb 16:16; 17:11; Ps 6:7; 31:9; 109:23; Ec 6:12; Lm 5:17.
[8] Jb 34:30; Ps 73:12; Ec 5:8; Hab 1:13; Ac 13:46; Ro 11:33.
[9] Gn 20:5; Ps 24:4; 26:6; 73:13; 84:7, 11; Pv 4:18; 14:16; Is 1:15; 35:8; 40:29; Mk 7:2; 2Co 12:9; 1P 1:5; 1Jn 2:19.
[10] Jb 6:29; 15:9; 17:4; 32:9; 42:7; Mal 3:18; 1Co 1:20; 6:5.

His hope is not in life, but in death.

11 My daysº are past,ºª my purposesº are broken off,ºª [even] the thoughtsº of my heart.º 12 They changeºª the nightº into day:º the lightº [is] shortº becauseº² of darkness.º 13 If² I wait,ºª the graveº [is] mine house:º I have madeºª my bedº in the darkness.º 14 I have saidºª to corruption,º Thou² [art] my father:º to the worm,º [Thou art] my mother,º and my sister.º 15 And where² [is] nowº my hope?º as for my hope,º who² shall seeºª it? 16 They shall go downºª to the barsº of the pit,º when² [our] restº togetherº [is] in² the dust.º

[11] Jb 7:6; 9:25; Pv 16:9; 19:21; Ec 9:10; Is 8:10; 38:10; Lm 3:37; Ro 1:13; 2Co 1:15; Jm 4:13.
[12] Dt 28:67; Jb 7:3, 13; 24:14.
[13] Jb 10:21; 14:14; 17:1; 30:23; Ps 27:14; 139:8; Is 57:2; Lm 3:25.
[14] Jb 19:26; 21:32; 24:20; Ps 16:10; 49:9; Is 14:11; Ac 2:27; 13:34; 1Co 15:42, 53.
[15] Jb 4:6; 6:11; 13:15; 19:10.
[16] Jb 3:17; 18:13; 33:18; Ps 88:4; 143:7; Is 38:17; Ezk 37:11; Jna 2:6; 2Co 1:9.

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