Verse 6
Job 17:6
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְֽ֭/הִצִּגַ/נִי לִ/מְשֹׁ֣ל עַמִּ֑ים וְ/תֹ֖פֶת לְ/פָנִ֣ים אֶֽהְיֶֽה
English Translation
And I will be set to rule over nations, and I will be a leader before them.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 17 Context
1
My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave is ready for me.
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2
Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth upon their provocation.
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3
Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?
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4
For thou hast hidden their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
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5
He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.
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6
But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.
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Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.
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8
Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.
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9
Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronge...
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10
But as for you all, come on now again; And I shall not find a wise man among you.
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11
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.
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12
They change the night into day: The light, say they, is near unto the darkness.
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13
If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness;
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14
If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister;
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15
Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?
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16
It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, When once there is rest in the dust.
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