New King James Version, 1982 - Job 17 (NKJV Bible)

Job Chapter 17 (NKJV Bible)

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¹ “My spirit is broken, My days are extinguished, [1†]The grave is ready for me.

² Are not mockers with me? And does not my eye dwell on their [2†]provocation?

³ “Now put down a pledge for me with Yourself. Who is he who [3†]will shake hands with me?

⁴ For You have hidden their heart from [4†]understanding; Therefore You will not exalt them.

⁵ He who speaks flattery to his friends, Even the eyes of his children will [5†]fail.

⁶ “But He has made me [6†]a byword of the people, And I have become one in whose face men spit.

⁷ [7†]My eye has also grown dim because of sorrow, And all my members are like shadows.

⁸ Upright men are astonished at this, And the innocent stirs himself up against the hypocrite.

⁹ Yet the righteous will hold to his [8†]way, And he who has [9†]clean hands will be stronger and stronger.

¹⁰ “But please, [10†]come back again, all of you, For I shall not find one wise man among you.

¹¹ [11†]My days are past, My purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.

¹² They change the night into day; ‘The light is near,’ they say, in the face of darkness.

¹³ If I wait for the grave as my house, If I make my bed in the darkness,

¹⁴ If I say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ And to the worm, ‘You are my mother and my sister,’

¹⁵ Where then is my [12†]hope? As for my hope, who can see it?

¹⁶ Will they go down [13†]to the gates of Sheol? Shall we have [14†]rest together in the dust?”

#	NKJV Bible
1	“My spirit is broken, My days are extinguished, [1†]The grave is ready for me.
2	Are not mockers with me? And does not my eye dwell on their [2†]provocation?
3	“Now put down a pledge for me with Yourself. Who is he who [3†]will shake hands with me?
4	For You have hidden their heart from [4†]understanding; Therefore You will not exalt them.
5	He who speaks flattery to his friends, Even the eyes of his children will [5†]fail.
6	“But He has made me [6†]a byword of the people, And I have become one in whose face men spit.
7	[7†]My eye has also grown dim because of sorrow, And all my members are like shadows.
8	Upright men are astonished at this, And the innocent stirs himself up against the hypocrite.
9	Yet the righteous will hold to his [8†]way, And he who has [9†]clean hands will be stronger and stronger.
10	“But please, [10†]come back again, all of you, For I shall not find one wise man among you.
11	[11†]My days are past, My purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.
12	They change the night into day; ‘The light is near,’ they say, in the face of darkness.
13	If I wait for the grave as my house, If I make my bed in the darkness,
14	If I say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ And to the worm, ‘You are my mother and my sister,’
15	Where then is my [12†]hope? As for my hope, who can see it?
16	Will they go down [13†]to the gates of Sheol? Shall we have [14†]rest together in the dust?”

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