JobJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareJob 17ASV - EnglishMoreVersion - 9 availableWorld English BibleKing James VersionAmerican Standard VersionDarby BibleYoung's Literal TranslationWebster BibleGeneva BibleDouay-Rheims ChallonerReina-Valera 1909WEBKJVASVDarbyYLTWebsterGenevaDouayRV1909LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Job 1Job 2Job 3Job 4Job 5Job 6Job 7Job 8Job 9Job 10Job 11Job 12Job 13Job 14Job 15Job 16Job 17Job 18Job 19Job 20Job 21Job 22Job 23Job 24Job 25Job 26Job 27Job 28Job 29Job 30Job 31Job 32Job 33Job 34Job 35Job 36Job 37Job 38Job 39Job 40Job 41Job 42›Job 17ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave isreadyfor me. 2Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth upon their provocation. 3Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me? 4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt them. 5He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail. 6But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face. 7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow. 8Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless. 9Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger. 10But as for you all, come on now again; And I shall not find a wise man among you. 11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart. 12They change the night into day: The light, say they, is near unto the darkness. 13If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness; 14If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, Thou artmy mother, and my sister; 15Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it? 16It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, When once there is rest in the dust. ‹Previous chapterJob 16Next chapterJob 18›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.VersionsJob 17 across 9 versionsShow all 9WEB - World English BibleKJV - King James VersionASV - American Standard VersionDarby - Darby BibleYLT - Young's Literal TranslationWebster - Webster BibleGeneva - Geneva BibleDouay - Douay-Rheims ChallonerRV1909 - Reina-Valera 1909Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public Domain