Job 17

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 17 of 42

¹ ¶ My spirit is in trouble; my days are extinguished; graves are for me.

² If not there were mockers with me, and my eye rests on their insults.

³ Please lay down a pledge for me with Yourself; who is he who will strike my hand with me?

⁴ For You have hidden their heart from understanding; therefore You shall not exalt them.

Chapter Summary

1 Job appeals from men to Jehovah. 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.

Key Hebrew Words

תִּקְוָה hope H8615 · TWOT 1994d

עָרַב give a pledge H6148 · TWOT 1686

צַדִּיק righteous one H6662 · TWOT 1879c

יָשָׁר upright one H3477 · TWOT 930a

חֹשֶׁךְ darkness H2822 · TWOT 769a

רִמָּה worm H7415 · TWOT 2175a

People & Context

Job

Suffering man of Uz; appeals from his mockers to God, despairs of life, and looks to the grave as his only home.

Timeline

Job Despairs and Looks to the Grave

Job describes his broken spirit and fading days. Mocked and made a byword, he sees Sheol as his impending house and corruption as his family, having lost all hope in this life.

Job 17:1-16

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