Job Says He Has Become a Byword

17 “My spirit is broken, my days are extinguished,
The [a](A)grave is ready for me.
(B)Surely mockers are with me,
And my eye [b]gazes on their provocation.

“Lay down, now, a pledge (C)for me with Yourself;
Who is there that will [c]be my guarantor?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 17:1 Lit graves
  2. Job 17:2 Lit lodges
  3. Job 17:3 Lit strike hands with me

17 My spirit(A) is broken,
    my days are cut short,(B)
    the grave awaits me.(C)
Surely mockers(D) surround me;(E)
    my eyes must dwell on their hostility.

“Give me, O God, the pledge you demand.(F)
    Who else will put up security(G) for me?(H)

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17 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.

Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?

Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?

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