Job 17 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Job 18

¹Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

KJVThen answered^H6030^(H8799) Bildad^H1085 the Shuhite^H7747, and said^H559^(H8799),

² “How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

KJVHow long^H5704 will it be ere ye make^H7760^(H8799) an end^H7078 of words^H4405? mark^H995^(H8799), and afterwards^H310 we will speak^H1696^(H8762).

³ Why are we counted as animals, which have become unclean in your sight?

KJVWherefore are we counted^H2803^(H8738) as beasts^H929, and reputed vile^H2933^(H8738) in your sight^H5869?

⁴ You who tear yourself in your anger, will the earth be forsaken for you? Or will the rock be removed out of its place?

KJVHe teareth^H2963^(H8802) himself^H5315 in his anger^H639: shall the earth^H776 be forsaken^H5800^(H8735) for thee? and shall the rock^H6697 be removed^H6275^(H8799) out of his place^H4725?

⁵ “Yes, the light of the wicked will be put out. The spark of his fire won’t shine.

KJVYea, the light^H216 of the wicked^H7563 shall be put out^H1846^(H8799), and the spark^H7632 of his fire^H784 shall not shine^H5050^(H8799).

⁶ The light will be dark in his tent. His lamp above him will be put out.

KJVThe light^H216 shall be dark^H2821^(H8804) in his tabernacle^H168, and his candle^H5216 shall be put out^H1846^(H8799) with him.

⁷ The steps of his strength will be shortened. His own counsel will cast him down.

KJVThe steps^H6806 of his strength^H202 shall be straitened^H3334^(H8799), and his own counsel^H6098 shall cast him down^H7993^(H8686).

⁸ For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh.

KJVFor he is cast^H7971^(H8795) into a net^H7568 by his own feet^H7272, and he walketh^H1980^(H8691) upon a snare^H7639.

⁹ A snare will take him by the heel. A trap will catch him.

KJVThe gin^H6341 shall take^H270^(H8799) him by the heel^H6119, and the robber^H6782 shall prevail^H2388^(H8686) against him.

¹⁰ A noose is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him on the path.

KJVThe snare^H2256 is laid^H2934^(H8803) for him in the ground^H776, and a trap^H4434 for him in the way^H5410.

¹¹ Terrors will make him afraid on every side, and will chase him at his heels.

KJVTerrors^H1091 shall make him afraid^H1204^(H8765) on every side^H5439, and shall drive^H6327^(H8689) him to his feet^H7272.

¹² His strength will be famished. Calamity will be ready at his side.

KJVHis strength^H202 shall be hungerbitten^H7457, and destruction^H343 shall be ready^H3559^(H8737) at his side^H6763.

¹³ The members of his body will be devoured. The firstborn of death will devour his members.

KJVIt shall devour^H398^(H8799) the strength^H905 of his skin^H5785: even the firstborn^H1060 of death^H4194 shall devour^H398^(H8799) his strength^H905.

¹⁴ He will be rooted out of the security of his tent. He will be brought to the king of terrors.

KJVHis confidence^H4009 shall be rooted out^H5423^(H8735) of his tabernacle^H168, and it shall bring^H6805^(H8686) him to the king^H4428 of terrors^H1091.

¹⁵ There will dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulfur will be scattered on his habitation.

KJVIt shall dwell^H7931^(H8799) in his tabernacle^H168, because it is none^H1097 of his: brimstone^H1614 shall be scattered^H2219^(H8792) upon his habitation^H5116.

¹⁶ His roots will be dried up beneath. His branch will be cut off above.

KJVHis roots^H8328 shall be dried up^H3001^(H8799) beneath, and above^H4605 shall his branch^H7105 be cut off^H5243^(H8799).

¹⁷ His memory will perish from the earth. He will have no name in the street.

KJVHis remembrance^H2143 shall perish^H6^(H8804) from the earth^H776, and he shall have no name^H8034 in the street^H6440^H2351.

¹⁸ He will be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

KJVHe shall be driven^H1920^(H8799) from light^H216 into darkness^H2822, and chased^H5074^(H8686) out of the world^H8398.

¹⁹ He will have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining where he lived.

KJVHe shall neither have son^H5209 nor nephew^H5220 among his people^H5971, nor any remaining^H8300 in his dwellings^H4033.

²⁰ Those who come after will be astonished at his day, as those who went before were frightened.

KJVThey that come after^H314 him shall be astonied^H8074^(H8738) at his day^H3117, as they that went before^H6931 were affrighted^H270^(H8804)^H8178.

²¹ Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous. This is the place of him who doesn’t know God.”

KJVSurely such are the dwellings^H4908 of the wicked^H5767, and this is the place^H4725 of him that knoweth^H3045^(H8804) not God^H410.

WEB·Job 17

¹“My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct and the grave is ready for me.

KJVMy breath^H7307 is corrupt^H2254^(H8795), my days^H3117 are extinct^H2193^(H8738), the graves^H6913 are ready for me.

² Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation.

KJVAre there not mockers^H2049 with me? and doth not mine eye^H5869 continue^H3885^(H8799) in their provocation^H4784^(H8687)?

³ “Now give a pledge. Be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?

KJVLay down^H7760^(H8798) now, put me in a surety^H6148^(H8798) with thee; who is he that will strike^H8628^(H8735) hands^H3027 with me?

⁴ For you have hidden their heart from understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.

KJVFor thou hast hid^H6845^(H8804) their heart^H3820 from understanding^H7922: therefore shalt thou not exalt^H7311^(H8787) them.

⁵ He who denounces his friends for plunder, even the eyes of his children will fail.

KJVHe that speaketh^H5046^(H8686) flattery^H2506 to his friends^H7453, even the eyes^H5869 of his children^H1121 shall fail^H3615^(H8799).

⁶ “But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.

KJVHe hath made^H3322^(H8689) me also a byword^H4914 of the people^H5971; and aforetime^H6440 I was as a tabret^H8611.

⁷ My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.

KJVMine eye^H5869 also is dim^H3543^(H8799) by reason of sorrow^H3708, and all my members^H3338 are as a shadow^H6738.

⁸ Upright men will be astonished at this. The innocent will stir himself up against the godless.

KJVUpright^H3477 men shall be astonied^H8074^(H8799) at this, and the innocent^H5355 shall stir up^H5782^(H8709) himself against the hypocrite^H2611.

⁹ Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.

KJVThe righteous^H6662 also shall hold^H270^(H8799) on his way^H1870, and he that hath clean^H2890 hands^H3027 shall be^H3254^(H8686) stronger and stronger^H555.

¹⁰ But as for you all, come back. I will not find a wise man among you.

KJVBut^H199 as for you all, do ye return^H7725^(H8799), and come now^H935^(H8798): for I cannot find^H4672^(H8799) one wise^H2450 man among you.

¹¹ My days are past. My plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart.

KJVMy days^H3117 are past^H5674^(H8804), my purposes^H2154 are broken off^H5423^(H8738), even the thoughts^H4180 of my heart^H3824.

¹² They change the night into day, saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.

KJVThey change^H7760^(H8799) the night^H3915 into day^H3117: the light^H216 is short^H7138 because^H6440 of darkness^H2822.

¹³ If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness,

KJVIf I wait^H6960^(H8762), the grave^H7585 is mine house^H1004: I have made^H7502^(H8765) my bed^H3326 in the darkness^H2822.

¹⁴ if I have said to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘My sister,’

KJVI have said^H7121^(H8804) to corruption^H7845, Thou art my father^H1: to the worm^H7415, Thou art my mother^H517, and my sister^H269.

¹⁵ where then is my hope? As for my hope, who will see it?

KJVAnd where is now^H645 my hope^H8615? as for my hope^H8615, who shall see^H7789^(H8799) it?

¹⁶ Shall it go down with me to the gates of Sheol, or descend together into the dust?”

KJVThey shall go down^H3381^(H8799) to the bars^H905 of the pit^H7585, when our rest^H5183 together^H3162 is in the dust^H6083.

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