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| The Book of Job 17 | ||||||||||||||||
| The Basic English Online Bible (BEN) | ||||||||||||||||
| Job 17:1 | My spirit is broken, my days are ended, the last resting-place is ready for me. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 17:2 | Truly, those who make sport of me are round about me, and my eyes become dark because of their bitter laughing. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 17:3 | Be pleased, now, to be responsible for me to yourself; for there is no other who will put his hand in mine. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 17:4 | You have kept their hearts from wisdom: for this cause you will not give them honour. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 17:5 | As for him who is false to his friend for a reward, light will be cut off from the eyes of his children. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 17:6 | He has made me a word of shame to the peoples; I have become a mark for their sport. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 17:7 | My eyes have become dark because of my pain, and all my body is wasted to a shade. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 17:8 | The upright are surprised at this, and he who has done no wrong is troubled because of the evil-doers. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 17:9 | Still the upright keeps on his way, and he who has clean hands gets new strength. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 17:10 | But come back, now, all of you, come; and I will not see a wise man among you. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 17:11 | My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the desires of my heart. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 17:12 | They are changing night into day; they say, The light is near the dark. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 17:13 | If I am waiting for the underworld as my house, if I have made my bed in the dark; | |||||||||||||||
| Job 17:14 | If I say to the earth, You are my father; and to the worm, My mother and my sister; | |||||||||||||||
| Job 17:15 | Where then is my hope? and who will see my desire? | |||||||||||||||
| Job 17:16 | Will they go down with me into the underworld? Will we go down together into the dust? | |||||||||||||||
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