Verse 2
Job 17:2
Bible in Basic English
2
Truly, those who make sport of me are round about me, and my eyes become dark because of their bitter laughing.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אִם לֹ֣א הֲ֭תֻלִים עִמָּדִ֑/י וּ֝/בְ/הַמְּרוֹתָ֗/ם תָּלַ֥ן עֵינִֽ/י
English Translation
If I am not bound with you, my eyes will remain in the mirrors.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 17 Context
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My spirit is broken, my days are ended, the last resting-place is ready for me.
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Truly, those who make sport of me are round about me, and my eyes become dark because of their bitte...
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Be pleased, now, to be responsible for me to yourself; for there is no other who will put his hand i...
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You have kept their hearts from wisdom: for this cause you will not give them honour.
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As for him who is false to his friend for a reward, light will be cut off from the eyes of his child...
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He has made me a word of shame to the peoples; I have become a mark for their sport.
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My eyes have become dark because of my pain, and all my body is wasted to a shade.
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The upright are surprised at this, and he who has done no wrong is troubled because of the evil-doer...
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9
Still the upright keeps on his way, and he who has clean hands gets new strength.
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10
But come back, now, all of you, come; and I will not see a wise man among you.
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11
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the desires of my heart.
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12
They are changing night into day; they say, The light is near the dark.
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13
If I am waiting for the underworld as my house, if I have made my bed in the dark;
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14
If I say to the earth, You are my father; and to the worm, My mother and my sister;
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15
Where then is my hope? and who will see my desire?
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16
Will they go down with me into the underworld? Will we go down together into the dust?
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