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Job 17 World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)

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WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
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1 “My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct and the grave is ready for me.
1 “My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct and the grave is ready for me.
2 Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation.
2 Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation.
3 “Now give a pledge. Be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?
3 “Now give a pledge. Be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?
4 For you have hidden their heart from understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.
4 For you have hidden their heart from understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.
5 He who denounces his friends for plunder, even the eyes of his children will fail.
5 He who denounces his friends for plunder, even the eyes of his children will fail.
6 “But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.
6 “But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.
7 My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.
7 My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.
8 Upright men will be astonished at this. The innocent will stir himself up against the godless.
8 Upright men will be astonished at this. The innocent will stir himself up against the godless.
9 Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
9 Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
10 But as for you all, come back. I will not find a wise man amongst you.
10 But as for you all, come back. I will not find a wise man among you.
11 My days are past. My plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart.
11 My days are past. My plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart.
12 They change the night into day, saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.
12 They change the night into day, saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.
13 If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness,
13 If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness,
14 if I have said to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘My sister,’
14 if I have said to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘My sister,’
15 where then is my hope? As for my hope, who will see it?
15 where then is my hope? As for my hope, who will see it?
16 Shall it go down with me to the gates of Sheol, or descend together into the dust?”
16 Shall it go down with me to the gates of Sheol, or descend together into the dust?”
Cross references (16)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Isaiah 38:10–14; Psalm 88:3–5; Job 17:13–14; Job 42:16; Job 6:11
  2. 2 Job 12:4; Job 16:20; 1 Samuel 1:6–7; Matthew 27:39–44; Psalm 35:14–16
  3. 3 Hebrews 7:22; Proverbs 11:15; Isaiah 38:14; Genesis 44:32; Psalm 119:122
  4. 4 Matthew 11:25; Matthew 13:11; 2 Samuel 17:14; Isaiah 19:14; 1 Corinthians 1:20
  5. 5 Psalm 12:2–3; Proverbs 20:19; Proverbs 29:5; Exodus 20:5; 1 Kings 11:12
  6. 6 Job 30:9; Psalm 44:14; 1 Kings 9:7; Isaiah 5:12; Genesis 31:27
  7. 7 Psalm 6:7; Job 16:16; Psalm 31:9–10; Ecclesiastes 6:12; Lamentations 5:17
  8. 8 Habakkuk 1:13; Ecclesiastes 5:8; Job 34:30; Job 22:19; Romans 11:33
  9. 9 Proverbs 4:18; Isaiah 1:15–16; Job 22:30; Psalm 84:7; 2 Corinthians 12:9–10
  10. 10 Job 42:7; Job 6:29; 1 Corinthians 1:20; 1 Corinthians 6:5; Job 17:4
  11. 11 Job 7:6; Isaiah 38:10; Proverbs 16:9; James 4:13–15; Isaiah 8:10
  12. 12 Job 24:14–16; Job 7:13–14; Job 7:3–4; Deuteronomy 28:67
  13. 13 Job 10:21–22; Job 30:23; Job 3:13; Psalm 139:8; Job 14:14
  14. 14 Psalm 16:10; Job 24:20; Acts 13:34–37; Job 21:32–33; Job 30:30
  15. 15 Job 13:15; Job 19:10; Job 4:6; Job 6:11; Job 7:6
  16. 16 Job 3:17–19; Jonah 2:6; Ezekiel 37:11; Isaiah 38:17–18; Job 18:13–14

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences