1902 Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR)
Job 17
1 Job appealeth from men to God. 6 The unmerciful dealing of men with the afflicted may astonish, but not discourage the righteous. 11 His hope is not in life, but in death.
17:1 ¶
My spirit, is broken, My days, are extinguished, Graves, are left me.
17:2
Verily there are mockers, with me! And, on their insults, mine eye doth rest.
17:3
Appoint it, I pray thee—be thou surety for me with thyself, Who is there that, on my side, can pledge himself?
17:4
For, their heart, hast thou kept back from understanding, On this account, thou wilt not exalt them.
17:5
He that, for a share, denounceth friends, even, the eyes of his children, shall be dim.
17:6
But he hath set me, as the byword of peoples, And, one to be spit on in the face, do I become.
17:7
Therefore hath mine eye become dim from vexation, and, my members, are like a shadow, all of them.
17:8
Upright men shall be astounded over this, and, the innocent, against the impious, shall rouse themselves.
17:9
That the righteous may hold on his way, and, the clean of hands, increase in strength.
17:10 ¶
But indeed, as for them all, will ye bethink yourselves and enter into it, I pray you? Or shall I not find, among you, one who is wise?
17:11
My days, are past, my purposes, are broken off, the possessions of my heart!
17:12
Night for day, they appoint, Light, is near, by reason of darkness!
17:13
If I wait for hades as my house, in darkness, have spread out my couch;
17:14
To corruption, have exclaimed, My father, thou! My mother! and My sister! to the worm.
17:15
Where then would be my hope? And, as for my blessedness, who should see it!
17:16
With me to hades, would they go down, If, wholly—into the dust, is the descent!
