Verse 8
Job 17:8
Free Bible Version
8
Why don't you come back and repeat again what you've been saying?—yet I still won't find a wise man among you!
Original Language Text
hebrew
יָשֹׁ֣מּוּ יְשָׁרִ֣ים עַל זֹ֑את וְ֝/נָקִ֗י עַל חָנֵ֥ף יִתְעֹרָֽר
English Translation
The upright will be astonished at this, and the innocent will be stirred against the wicked.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 17 Context
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“My spirit is crushed; my life is extinguished; the grave is ready for me.
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Mockers surround me. I see how bitterly they ridicule me.
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3
God (Elohim), you need to put down a pledge for me with yourself, for who else will be my guarantor?
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You have closed their minds to understanding, so do not let them win!
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He has made me a proverb of ridicule among the people; they spit in my face.
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People who think they are good are shocked to see me. Those who are innocent are troubled by the god...
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Those who are right keep going, and those whose hands are clean grow stronger and stronger.
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Why don't you come back and repeat again what you've been saying?—yet I still won't find a wise man...
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My life is over. My plans are gone. My heart is broken.
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They turn night into day, and say that daylight is close to darkness.
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What am I looking for? To make my home in Sheol, to make my bed in darkness?
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12
Should I call the grave my father, and the maggot my mother or my sister?
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So then where is my hope? Can anyone see any hope for me?
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Will hope go down with me to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”
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