Thematic Bible
Job 17:1 (show verse)
My spirit is broken, my days have faded out, the grave awaits me.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 17:2 (show verse)
Surely mockery is with me; my eyes must dwell on their hostility.
Job 17:3 (show verse)
Make then my pledge with you. Who else will put up security for me?
Job 17:4 (show verse)
Because you have closed their minds to understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.
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Job 17:5 (show verse)
If a man denounces his friends for personal gain, the eyes of his children will fail.
Job 17:6 (show verse)
He has made me a byword to people, I am the one in whose face they spit.
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Job 17:7 (show verse)
My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow.
Job 17:8 (show verse)
Upright men are appalled at this; the innocent man is troubled with the godless.
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Job 17:9 (show verse)
But the righteous man holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
Job 17:10 (show verse)
"But turn, all of you, and come now! I will not find a wise man among you.
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Job 17:11 (show verse)
My days have passed, my plans are shattered, even the desires of my heart.
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Job 17:12 (show verse)
These men change night into day; they say, 'The light is near in the face of darkness.'
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Job 17:13 (show verse)
If I hope for the grave to be my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
Job 17:14 (show verse)
If I cry to corruption, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'My Mother,' or 'My sister,'
Job 17:15 (show verse)
where then is my hope? And my hope, who sees it?
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Job 17:16 (show verse)
Will it go down to the barred gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?"
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