Job 17

1 ¶ My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me. breath^H7307 corrupt^H2254 days^H3117 extinct^H2193 graves^H6913 See also: Isaiah 38:10-14 Psalms 88:3-5 Job 6:11 Job 17:13-14 Job 19:17

2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? mockers^H2049 eye^H5869 continue^H3885 provocation^H4784 See also: 1 Samuel 1:6-7 Job 12:4 Job 16:20 Matthew 27:39-44 Job 13:9

3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me? down^H7760 surety^H6148 strike^H8628 hands^H3027 See also: Proverbs 11:15 Isaiah 38:14 Hebrews 7:22 Genesis 43:9 Genesis 44:32

4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them. hid^H6845 heart^H3820 understanding^H7922 exalt^H7311 See also: Matthew 11:25 Matthew 13:11 2 Samuel 17:14 1 Corinthians 1:20 Isaiah 19:14

5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. speaketh^H5046 flattery^H2506 friends^H7453 eyes^H5869 children^H1121 fail^H3615 See also: Psalms 12:2-3 Proverbs 20:19 Proverbs 29:5 Exodus 20:5 Deuteronomy 28:65

6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret. made^H3322 byword^H4914 people^H5971 aforetime^H6440 tabret^H8611 See also: Job 30:9 Psalms 44:14 Genesis 31:27 1 Kings 9:7 Isaiah 5:12

7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow. eye^H5869 dim^H3543 sorrow^H3708 members^H3338 shadow^H6738 See also: Job 16:16 Psalms 6:7 Psalms 31:9-10 Job 16:8 Psalms 109:23

8 Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite. Upright^H3477 astonied^H8074 innocent^H5355 up^H5782 hypocrite^H2611 See also: Ecclesiastes 5:8 Habakkuk 1:13 Job 22:19 Job 34:30 Psalms 73:12-15

9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. righteous^H6662 hold^H270 way^H1870 clean^H2890 hands^H3027 be^H3254 stronger^H555 See also: Proverbs 4:18 Isaiah 1:15-16 Job 22:30 Psalms 84:7 Proverbs 14:16

10 ¶ But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you. But^H199 return^H7725 now^H935 find^H4672 wise^H2450 See also: Job 6:29 Job 42:7 Job 12:2 Job 15:9 Job 17:4

11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. days^H3117 past^H5674 purposes^H2154 off^H5423 thoughts^H4180 heart^H3824 See also: Job 7:6 Isaiah 38:10 Proverbs 16:9 Isaiah 8:10 Lamentations 3:37

12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness. change^H7760 night^H3915 day^H3117 light^H216 short^H7138 because^H6440 darkness^H2822 See also: Deuteronomy 28:67 Job 7:3-4 Job 7:13-14 Job 24:14-16

13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness. wait^H6960 grave^H7585 house^H1004 made^H7502 bed^H3326 darkness^H2822 See also: Job 10:21-22 Job 3:13 Job 14:14 Job 17:1 Job 30:23

14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. said^H7121 corruption^H7845 father^H1 worm^H7415 mother^H517 sister^H269 See also: Psalms 16:10 Job 13:28 Job 21:26 Job 21:32-33 Job 24:20

15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? now^H645 hope^H8615 hope^H8615 see^H7789 See also: Job 13:15 Job 4:6 Job 6:11 Job 19:10 Job 7:6

16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust. down^H3381 bars^H905 pit^H7585 rest^H5183 together^H3162 dust^H6083 See also: Job 3:17-19 Jonah 2:6 Job 18:13-14 Job 33:18-28 Psalms 88:4-8