1898 Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
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 hath been destroyed, My days extinguishedgraves [are] for me.

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If notmockeries [are] with me. And in their provocations mine eye lodgeth.

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Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me?

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For their heart Thou hast hidden From understanding, Therefore Thou dost not exalt them.

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For a portion he sheweth friendship, And the eyes of his sons are consumed.

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And he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am.

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And dim from sorrow is mine eye, And my members as a shadow all of them.

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Astonished are the upright at this, And the innocent against the profane Stirreth himself up.

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And the righteous layeth hold [on] his way, And the clean of hands addeth strength, Anddumb are they all.

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Return, and come in, I pray you, And I find not among you a wise man.

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My days have passed by, My devices have been broken off, The possessions of my heart!

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Night for day they appoint, Light [is] near because of darkness.

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If I waitSheol [is] my house, In darkness I have spread out my couch.

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To corruption I have called:'Thou [art] my father.' 'My mother' and 'my sister'to the worm.

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And where [is] now my hope? Yea, my hope, who doth behold it?

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[To] the parts of Sheol ye go down, If together on the dust we may rest.