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  17:1 ¶
I perish, carried away by the wind, and I seek for burial, and obtain [it] not. |
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17:1 ¶
My breath°
is corrupt,°°
my days°
are extinct,°°
the graves°
[are ready] for me. |
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17:2
Weary I intreat; and what have I done? and strangers have stolen my goods. |
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17:2
[Are there] not°
mockers°
with°
me? and doth not mine eye°
continue°°
in their provocation?°° |
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17:3
Who is this? let him join hands with me. |
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17:3
Lay down°°
now,°
put me in a surety°°
with°
thee; who°
[is] he°
[that] will strike°°
hands°
with me? |
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17:4
For thou hast hid their heart from wisdom; therefore thou shalt not exalt them. |
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17:4
For°
thou hast hid°°
their heart°
from understanding:°°
therefore°°
shalt thou not°
exalt°°
[them]. |
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17:5
He shall promise mischief to [his] companions: but [their] eyes have failed for [their] children. |
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17:5
He that speaketh°°
flattery°
to [his] friends,°
even the eyes°
of his children°
shall fail.°° |
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17:6
But thou has made me a byword amount the nations, and I am become a scorn to them. |
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17:6
He hath made°°
me also a byword°
of the people;°
and aforetime°
I was°
as a tabret.° |
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17:7
For my eyes are dimmed through pain; I have been grievously beset by all. |
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17:7
Mine eye°
also is dim°°
by reason of sorrow,°°
and all°
my members°
[are] as a shadow.° |
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17:8
Wonder has seized true men upon this; and let the just rise up against the transgressor. |
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17:8
Upright°
[men] shall be astonied°°
at°
this,°
and the innocent°
shall stir up°°
himself°
against°
the hypocrite.° |
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17:9
But let the faithful hold on his own way, and let him that is pure of hands take courage. |
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17:9
The righteous°
also shall hold°°
on his way,°
and he that hath clean°°
hands°
shall be°°
stronger and stronger.°° |
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17:10
Howbeit, do ye all strengthen [yourselves] and come now, for I do not find truth in you. |
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17:10
But°
as for you all,°
do ye return,°°
and come°
now:°°°
for I cannot°
find°°
[one] wise°
[man] among you. |
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17:11
My days have passed in groaning, and my heart-strings are broken. |
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17:11
My days°
are past,°°
my purposes°
are broken off,°°
[even] the thoughts°
of my heart.° |
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17:12
I have turned the night into day: the light is short because of darkness. |
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17:12
They change°°
the night°
into day:°
the light°
[is] short°
because°°
of darkness.° |
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17:13
For if I remain, the grave{gr.Hades} is my habitation: and my bed has been made in darkness. |
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17:13
If°
I wait,°°
the grave°
[is] mine house:°
I have made°°
my bed°
in the darkness.° |
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17:14
I have called upon death to be my father, and corruption [to be] my mother and sister. |
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17:14
I have said°°
to corruption,°
Thou°
[art] my father:°
to the worm,°
[Thou art] my mother,°
and my sister.° |
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17:15
Where then is yet my hope? or [where] shall I see my good? |
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17:15
And where°
[is] now°
my hope?°
as for my hope,°
who°
shall see°°
it? |
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17:16
Will they go down with me to the grave{gr.Hades}, or shall we go down together to the tomb? |
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17:16
They shall go down°°
to the bars°
of the pit,°
when°
[our] rest°
together°
[is] in°
the dust.° |
