Parallel Bible results for "job 17:1-10"

Job 17:1-10

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

1 My spirit is broken, my days are cut short, the grave awaits me.

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

2 Surely mockers surround me; my eyes must dwell on their hostility.

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

3 “Give me, O God, the pledge you demand. Who else will put up security for me?

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

4 You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore you will not let them triumph.

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

5 If anyone denounces their friends for reward, the eyes of their children will fail.

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

6 “God has made me a byword to everyone, a man in whose face people spit.

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

7 My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow.

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

8 The upright are appalled at this; the innocent are aroused against the ungodly.

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

9 Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways, and those with clean hands will grow stronger.

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

10 “But come on, all of you, try again! I will not find a wise man among you.