Job 17 - Interlinear Bible

Job Says He Has Become a Byword

1 "My spirit is broken, my days are extinguished, The grave is ready for me.

yil ~yir'b.q .Wk'[.zin y;m'y h'l'BUx yix.Wr

2 " Surely * mockers are with me, And my eye gazes on their provocation.

!;l'T ]m'tw{r.M;h.b.W yid'Mi[ ~yilUt]h a{l -mia ? yinye[

3 "Lay down, now, a pledge for me with Yourself; Who is there that will be my guarantor * ?

yid'y.l a.Wh yim .$'Mi[ yineb.r'[ a'N -h'myif ? ;[eq'TIy

4 "For You have kept their heart from understanding, Therefore * You will not exalt them.

~em{r.t a{l !eK -l;[ ]l,k'FiM 'T.n;p'c ~'Bil -yiK

5 "He who informs against friends for a share of the spoil, The eyes of his children also will languish.

h'n,l.kiT wy'n'b yenye[.w ~yi[er dyiG;y q,lex.l

6 "But He has made me a byword of the people, And I am one at whom men spit.

h,y.h,a ~yin'p.l t,p{t.w ~yiM;[ l{v.mil yin;giCih.w

7 "My eye has also grown dim because of grief, And all my members are as a shadow.

~'LUK leC;K y;rUcyiw yinye[ f;[;Kim H;keT;w

8 "The upright will be appalled at this, And the innocent will stir up himself against the godless.

@en'x -l;[ yiq'n.w ta{z -l;[ ~yir'v.y .WM{v'y ? r'r{[.tIy

9 "Nevertheless the righteous will hold to his way, And he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.

@yis{y ~Iy;d'y -r'h\j.W w{K.r;D qyiD;c zexa{y.w ? #,m{a

10 "But come again all of you now, For I do not find a wise man among you.

a'c.m,a -a{l.w a'n .Wa{b.W .WbUv'T ~'LUK ~'l.Wa.w ? ~'k'x ~,k'b

11 "My days are past, my plans are torn apart, Even the wishes of my heart.

yib'b.l yev'rw{m .Wq.Tin y;t{Miz .Wr.b'[ y;m'y

12 "They make night into day, saying, 'The light is near,' in the presence of darkness.

.$,v{x -yen.Pim bw{r'q rw{a .Wmyif'y ~w{y.l h'l.y;l

13 "If I look for Sheol as my home, I make my bed in the darkness ;

y'[.Wc.y yiT.d;Pir .$,v{x;B yityeB lw{a.v h/W;q]a -mia

14 If I call to the pit, 'You are my father '; To the worm, 'my mother and my sister ';

h'Mir'l yit{x]a;w yiMia h'T'a yib'a yita'r'q t;x;V;l

15 Where now is my hope ? And who regards my hope ?

h'N,r.Wv.y yim yit'w.qit.w yit'w.qit w{pea heY;a.w

16 " Will it go down with me to Sheol ? Shall we together go down into the dust ?"

t;x'n r'p'[ -l;[ d;x;y -mia h'n.d;reT l{a.v yeD;B

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