{"book":"Job","slug":"job","ch":17,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Job","prev":"job/16","next":"job/18","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"[“] My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"[“] My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the grave awaits me."}],"h":"Job Prepares for Death","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":2,"t":"Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Surely mockers surround me,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"Give [me], I pray, the pledge You [demand]. Who else will be my guarantor?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Give [me], I pray, the pledge You [demand]."},{"style":"indent2","t":"Who else will be my guarantor?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":4,"t":"You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You have closed their minds to understanding;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"therefore You will not exalt them."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"If a man denounces his friends for a price,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the eyes of his children will fail."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"He has made me a byword among the people, [a man] in whose face they spit.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"He has made me a byword among the people,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[a man] in whose face they spit."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":7,"t":"My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"My eyes have grown dim with grief,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and my whole body is but a shadow."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent are stirred against the godless.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The upright are appalled at this,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the innocent are stirred against the godless."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Yet a righteous one holds to his way,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the one with clean hands grows stronger."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"But come back and try again, all of you."},{"style":"indent2","t":"For I will not find a wise man among you."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"My days have passed; my plans are broken off — even the desires of my heart.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"My days have passed; my plans are broken off —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"even the desires of my heart."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":12,"t":"They have turned night into day, [making] light seem near in the face of darkness.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They have turned night into day,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[making] light seem near in the face of darkness."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"If I look for Sheol as my home,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"if I spread out my bed in darkness,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"and say to corruption,‘ You [are] my father,’ and to the worm,‘ My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"and say to corruption,‘ You [are] my father,’"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and to the worm,‘ My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"where then is my hope?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Who can see any hope for me?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Will it go down to the gates of Sheol?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Will we go down together into the dust?”"}],"style":"indent1"}]}