JobJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareJob 17Douay - 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 shall be wasted, my days shall be shortened and only the grave remaineth for me. 2I have not sinned, and my eye abideth in bitterness. 3Deliver me, O Lord, and set me beside thee, and let any man's hand fight against me. 4Thou hast set their heart far from understanding, therefore they shall not be exalted. 5He promiseth a prey to his companions, and the eyes of his children shall fail. 6He hath made me as it were a byword of the people, and I am an example before them. 7My eye is dim through indignation, and my limbs are brought as it were to nothing. 8The just shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall be raised up against the hypocrite. 9And the just man shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. 10Wherefore be you all converted, and come, and I shall not find among you any wise man. 11My days have passed away, my thoughts are dissipated, tormenting my heart. 12They have turned night into day, and after darkness I hope for light again. 13If I wait hell is my house, and I have made my bed in darkness. 14I have said to rottenness: Thou art my father; to worms, my mother and my sister. 15Where is now then my expectation, and who considereth my patience? 16All that I have shall go down into the deepest pit: thinkest thou that there at least I shall have rest? ‹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