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 extinguished—graves [are] for me.

 17:2 If not—mockeries [are] with me. And in their provocations mine eye lodgeth.

 17:3 Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me?

 17:4 For their heart Thou hast hidden From understanding, Therefore Thou dost not exalt them.

 17:5 For a portion he sheweth friendship, And the eyes of his sons are consumed.

 17:6 And he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am.

 17:7 And dim from sorrow is mine eye, And my members as a shadow all of them.

 17:8 Astonished are the upright at this, And the innocent against the profane Stirreth himself up.

 17:9 And the righteous layeth hold [on] his way, And the clean of hands addeth strength, And—dumb are they all.

 17:10 Return, and come in, I pray you, And I find not among you a wise man.

 17:11 My days have passed by, My devices have been broken off, The possessions of my heart!

 17:12 Night for day they appoint, Light [is] near because of darkness.

 17:13 If I wait—Sheol [is] my house, In darkness I have spread out my couch.

 17:14 To corruption I have called:—'Thou [art] my father.' 'My mother' and 'my sister'—to the worm.

 17:15 And where [is] now my hope? Yea, my hope, who doth behold it?

 17:16 [To] the parts of Sheol ye go down, If together on the dust we may rest.