Job 17:10-16

New International Reader's Version

¹⁰ “Come on, all of you! Try again!
    I can’t find a wise person among you.
¹¹ My life is almost over. My plans are destroyed.
    Yet the desires of my heart
¹² turn night into day.
    Even though it’s dark,
    ‘Light is nearby.’
¹³ Suppose the only home I can hope for is a grave.
    And suppose I make my bed in the darkness of death.
¹⁴ Suppose I say to the grave,
    ‘You are like a father to me.’
And suppose I say to its worms,
    ‘You are like a mother or sister to me.’
¹⁵ Then what hope do I have?
    Who can give me any hope?
¹⁶ Will hope go down to the gates of death with me?
    Will we go down together into the dust of the grave?”