Job 17

6–9 In these verses, Job speaks as if God has not given him the pledge he had asked for (verse 3); he becomes depressed again.⁴⁰

10–16 Here Job mocks his three friends. They turn night into day, he says. They tell Job, “Light is near,” when in fact he is on his way to the grave! (see Job 11:17).

Then Job once more sinks into hopelessness. The only home he has to look forward to is the grave, where his only “family” will be corruption and the worm⁴¹ (verses 13–14). When Job dies, he and his hope will descend together into the dust (verse 16).