JobJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareJob 17Webster - 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 ready] for me. 2[Are there] not mockers with me? and doth not my eye continue in their provocation? 3Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who [is] he [that] will strike hands with me? 4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt [them]. 5He that speaketh flattery to [his] friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. 6He hath made me also a by-word of the people; and in former time I was as a tabret. 7My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members [are] as a shade. 8Upright [men] shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite. 9The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. 10But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find [one] 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 [is] short because of darkness. 13If I wait, the grave [is] my house: I have made my bed in the darkness. 14I have said to corruption, Thou [art] my father: to the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister. 15And where [is] now my hope? as for my hope, who will see it? 16They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when [our] rest together [is] 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