JobJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareJob 17Darby - 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 breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are mine. 2Are there not mockers around me? and doth [not] mine eye abide in their provocation? 3Lay down now [a pledge], be thou surety for me with thyself: who is he that striketh hands with me? 4For thou hast hidden their heart from understanding; therefore thou wilt not exalt [them]. 5He that betrayeth friends for a prey — even the eyes of his children shall fail. 6And he hath made me a proverb of the peoples; and I am become one to be spit on in the face. 7And mine eye is dim by reason of grief, and all my members are as a shadow. 8Upright men [shall be] astonished at this, and the innocent shall be stirred up against the ungodly; 9But the righteous shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall increase in strength. 10But as for you all, pray come on again; and I shall not find one wise man among you. 11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, the cherished thoughts of my heart. 12They change the night into day; the light [they imagine] near in presence of the darkness. 13If I wait, Sheol is my house; I spread my bed in the darkness: 14I cry to the grave, Thou art my father! to the worm, My mother, and my sister! 15And where is then my hope? yea, my hope, who shall see it? 16It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, when [our] rest shall be together 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