My LORD’s BibleJob 17
1My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
רוּחִי חֻבָּלָה יָמַי נִזְעָכוּ קְבָרִים לִי׃ (874)
See also: Isaiah 38:10-14, Psalms 88:3-5, Job 6:11, Job 17:13-14, Job 19:17, Job 42:16, Psalms 88:4, Psalms 146:4, Isaiah 57:16, Job 33:22, Psalms 88:15, Isaiah 38:12
2Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
אִם־לֹא הֲתֻלִים עִמָּדִי וּבְהַמְּרֹותָם תָּלַן עֵינִי׃ (2000)
See also: Job 11:3, 1 Samuel 1:6-7, Job 12:4, Job 16:20, Job 21:3, Job 13:9, Job 15:12, Matthew 27:39-44, Luke 8:53, Job 27:12, Psalms 25:13, Psalms 35:14-16, Psalms 91:1
3Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
שִׂימָה־נָּא עָרְבֵנִי עִמָּךְ מִי הוּא לְיָדִי יִתָּקֵעַ׃ (1564)
See also: Isaiah 38:14, Proverbs 6:1, Proverbs 11:15, Hebrews 7:22, Genesis 43:9, Genesis 44:32, Job 31:35, Psalms 119:122, Job 9:33, Proverbs 22:26, Proverbs 6:11, Proverbs 17:18, Proverbs 20:16
4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
כִּי־לִבָּם צָפַנְתָּ מִּשָּׂכֶל עַל־כֵּן לֹא תְרֹמֵם׃ (1993)
See also: Matthew 11:25, Matthew 13:11, 2 Samuel 17:14, Job 12:20, 1 Corinthians 1:20, Jude 1:16, Job 12:24, Job 18:3, Isaiah 19:14, Romans 11:8, 2 Chronicles 25:16, Job 12:2, Job 17:10, Job 39:17, 2 Samuel 15:31
5He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
לְחֵלֶק יַגִּיד רֵעִים וְעֵינֵי בָנָיו תִּכְלֶנָה׃ (1234)
See also: Psalms 12:2-3, Proverbs 29:5, Deuteronomy 28:32, Job 11:20, Proverbs 20:19, Exodus 20:5, Deuteronomy 28:65, 1 Kings 11:12, Job 13:7, Job 32:21-22, Job 32:22, Proverbs 19:22, 1 Thessalonians 2:5, Lamentations 4:17
6He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
וְהִצִּגַנִי לִמְשֹׁל עַמִּים וְתֹפֶת לְפָנִים אֶהְיֶה׃ (1841)
See also: Job 30:9, Psalms 44:14, Job 12:4, Psalms 69:11, Genesis 31:27, Numbers 12:14, 1 Kings 9:7, Job 30:10, Isaiah 5:12
7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
וַתֵּכַהּ מִכַּעַשׂ עֵינִי וִיצֻרַי כַּצֵּל כֻּלָּם׃ (1547)
See also: Job 16:16, Psalms 6:7, Lamentations 5:17, Psalms 31:9-10, Job 16:8, Psalms 88:9, Psalms 109:23, Ecclesiastes 6:12
8Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
יָשֹׁמּוּ יְשָׁרִים עַל־זֹאת וְנָקִי עַל־חָנֵף יִתְעֹרָר׃ (2708)
See also: Job 1:8, Ecclesiastes 5:8, Habakkuk 1:13, Job 21:5, Job 22:19, Job 33:9, Job 34:30, Psalms 73:12-15, Acts 13:46, Romans 11:33
9The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
וְיֹאחֵז צַדִּיק דַּרְכֹּו וּטֳהָר־יָדַיִם יֹסִיף אֹמֶץ׃ (1041)
See also: Isaiah 40:31, Revelation 22:11, Psalms 24:4, Proverbs 4:18, 1 Peter 2:2, Psalms 84:7, John 15:2, James 4:8, Philippians 3:12, Psalms 92:14, Isaiah 1:15-16, Job 22:30, John 10:28, Psalms 37:34, Proverbs 14:16, Romans 2:7, 2 Corinthians 12:9-10, 1 John 2:19, Genesis 20:5, 1 Chronicles 12:22
10But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
וְאוּלָם כֻּלָּם תָּשֻׁבוּ וּבֹאוּ נָא וְלֹא־אֶמְצָא בָכֶם חָכָם׃ (1246)
See also: Job 6:29, Job 18:3, Job 42:7, Malachi 3:18, Job 12:2, Job 15:9, Job 15:27, Job 17:4, Job 26:3, Job 32:9, 1 Corinthians 1:20, 1 Corinthians 6:5
11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
יָמַי עָבְרוּ זִמֹּתַי נִתְּקוּ מֹורָשֵׁי לְבָבִי׃ (1951)
See also: Job 7:6, Isaiah 38:10, Psalms 146:4, Proverbs 16:9, Job 33:17, Isaiah 8:10, Lamentations 3:37, 2 Corinthians 1:15-17, James 4:13-15, Job 9:25-26, Job 19:10, Psalms 88:15, Proverbs 19:21, Ecclesiastes 2:20, Ecclesiastes 9:10, Lamentations 3:54, Romans 1:13
12They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
לַיְלָה לְיֹום יָשִׂימוּ אֹור קָרֹוב מִפְּנֵי־חֹשֶׁךְ׃ (1550)
13If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
אִם־אֲקַוֶּה שְׁאֹול בֵּיתִי בַּחֹשֶׁךְ רִפַּדְתִּי יְצוּעָי׃ (2122)
See also: Ecclesiastes 12:5, Psalms 49:14, Job 10:21-22, Job 17:1, Genesis 3:19, Job 3:13, Job 14:10, Job 14:14, Job 30:23, Job 33:22, Job 36:20, Psalms 27:14, Psalms 139:8, Ecclesiastes 3:20, Isaiah 14:11, Isaiah 57:2, Lamentations 3:25-26
14I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
לַשַּׁחַת קָרָאתִי אָבִי אָתָּה אִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי לָרִמָּה׃ (2619)
See also: Job 7:5, 1 Corinthians 15:42, Psalms 16:10, Job 6:8, Job 6:11, Job 7:21, Job 10:9, Job 13:28, Job 21:26, Job 21:32-33, Job 24:20, Job 30:29, Job 30:30, Psalms 49:9, Proverbs 7:4, Isaiah 14:11, Acts 2:27-31, Acts 13:34-37, Acts 13:36, 1 Corinthians 15:53-54
16They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
בַּדֵּי שְׁאֹל תֵּרַדְנָה אִם־יַחַד עַל־עָפָר נָחַת׃ (1977)
See also: Job 3:17-19, Jonah 2:6, Job 18:13-14, Job 21:33, Job 33:18-28, Job 33:28, Psalms 88:4-8, Psalms 143:7, Isaiah 38:17-18, Ezekiel 28:8, Ezekiel 37:11, 2 Corinthians 1:9