Parallel Bible results for "Job 17"

Job 17

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1 spiritus meus adtenuabitur dies mei breviabuntur et solum mihi superest sepulchrum
1 My spirit is broken, my days are cut short, the grave awaits me.
2 non peccavi et in amaritudinibus moratur oculus meus
2 Surely mockers surround me; my eyes must dwell on their hostility.
3 libera me et pone iuxta te et cuiusvis manus pugnet contra me
3 “Give me, O God, the pledge you demand. Who else will put up security for me?
4 cor eorum longe fecisti a disciplina et propterea non exaltabuntur
4 You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore you will not let them triumph.
5 praedam pollicetur sociis et oculi filiorum eius deficient
5 If anyone denounces their friends for reward, the eyes of their children will fail.
6 posuit me quasi in proverbium vulgi et exemplum sum coram eis
6 “God has made me a byword to everyone, a man in whose face people spit.
7 caligavit ab indignatione oculus meus et membra mea quasi in nihili redacta sunt
7 My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow.
8 stupebunt iusti super hoc et innocens contra hypocritam suscitabitur
8 The upright are appalled at this; the innocent are aroused against the ungodly.
9 et tenebit iustus viam suam et mundis manibus addet fortitudinem
9 Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways, and those with clean hands will grow stronger.
10 igitur vos omnes convertimini et venite et non inveniam in vobis ullum sapientem
10 “But come on, all of you, try again! I will not find a wise man among you.
11 dies mei transierunt cogitationes meae dissipatae sunt torquentes cor meum
11 My days have passed, my plans are shattered. Yet the desires of my heart
12 noctem verterunt in diem et rursum post tenebras spero lucem
12 turn night into day; in the face of the darkness light is near.
13 si sustinuero infernus domus mea est in tenebris stravi lectulum meum
13 If the only home I hope for is the grave, if I spread out my bed in the realm of darkness,
14 putredini dixi pater meus es mater mea et soror mea vermibus
14 if I say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother’ or ‘My sister,’
15 ubi est ergo nunc praestolatio mea et patientiam meam quis considerat
15 where then is my hope— who can see any hope for me?
16 in profundissimum infernum descendent omnia mea putasne saltim ibi erit requies mihi
16 Will it go down to the gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?”
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