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

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

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

4 For you have hidden their heart from understanding, Therefore you shall not exalt them.

5 He who denounces his friends for plunder, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.

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

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

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

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

10 But as for you all, come on now again; I shall not find a wise man among you.

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

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

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

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

15 where then is my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

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

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Hebrew interlinear — Job 17:1–16 (111 words)
1
  1. רוּחִ֣יrûḥîruwach: wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalationH7307
  2. חֻ֭בָּלָהḥubbālâchabal: to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bindH2254
  3. יָמַ֥יyāmayyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
  4. נִזְעָ֗כוּnizʿākûza`ak: to extinguishH2193
  5. קְבָרִ֥יםqĕbārîmqeber,: a sepulchreH6913
2
  1. אִםʾimim: (used very widely as demonstrative) lo!; (interrogatively) whether?H518
  2. לֹ֣אlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  3. הֲ֭תֻלִיםhătulîmhathol: a derisionH2049
  4. עִמָּדִ֑יʿimmādî`immad: along withH5978
  5. וּ֝בְהַמְּרוֹתָ֗םûbĕhammĕrôtāmmarah: to be (causatively, make) bitter (or unpleasant)H4784
  6. תָּלַ֥ןtālanluwn: to stop (usually over night); (by implication) to stay permanentlyH3885
  7. עֵינִֽי׃ʿênî`ayin: an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)H5869
3
  1. שִֽׂימָהśîmâsuwm: to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)H7760
  2. נָּ֭אnāʾna': added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunctionH4994
  3. עָרְבֵ֣נִיʿorbēnî`arab: to braid, i.e. intermix; technically, to traffic (as if by barter)H6148
  4. עִמָּ֑ךְʿimmāk`im: adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applicationsH5973
  5. מִֽיmîmiy: who?; (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things) which?H4310
  6. ה֝֗וּאhûʾhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
  7. לְיָדִ֥יlĕyādîyad: a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one)H3027
  8. יִתָּקֵֽעַ׃yittāqēaʿtaqa`: to clatter, i.e. slap (the hands together), clang (an instrument)H8628
4
  1. כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  2. לִ֭בָּםlibbomleb: the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellectH3820
  3. צָפַ֣נְתָּṣāpantātsaphan: to hide (by covering over); (by implication) to hoard or reserveH6845
  4. מִּשָּׂ֑כֶלmiśśākelsekel: intelligence; (by implication) successH7922
  5. עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  6. כֵּ֝֗ןkēnken: (properly) set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) justH3651
  7. לֹ֣אlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  8. תְרֹמֵֽם׃tĕrōmēmruwm: to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)H7311
5
  1. לְ֭חֵלֶקlĕḥēleqcheleq: (properly) smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotmentH2506
  2. יַגִּ֣ידyaggîdnagad: (properly) to front, i.e. stand boldly out oppositeH5046
  3. רֵעִ֑יםrēʿîmrea`: an associate (more or less close)H7453
  4. וְעֵינֵ֖יwĕʿênê`ayin: an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)H5869
  5. בָנָ֣יוbānāywben: a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including...H1121
  6. תִּכְלֶֽנָה׃tiklenâkalah: to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)H3615
6
  1. וְֽ֭הִצִּיגַנִיwĕhiṣṣîganîyatsag: to place permanentlyH3322
  2. לִמְשֹׁ֣לlimšōlmshowl: a satireH4914
  3. עַמִּ֑יםʿammîm`am: a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel)H5971
  4. וְתֹ֖פֶתwĕtōpettopheth: a smiting, i.e. (figuratively) contemptH8611
  5. לְפָנִ֣יםlĕpānîmpaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440
  6. אֶֽהְיֶֽה׃ʾehĕyehayah: to exist; to be or becomeH1961
7
  1. וַתֵּ֣כַהּwattēkahkahah: to be weak, i.e. (figuratively) to despond (causatively, rebuke), or (of light, the eye) to grow dullH3543
  2. מִכַּ֣עַשׂmikkaʿaśka`ac: vexationH3708
  3. עֵינִ֑יʿênî`ayin: an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)H5869
  4. וִֽיצֻרַ֖יwîṣurayyatsur: structure, i.e. limb or partH3338
  5. כַּצֵּ֣לkaṣṣēltsel: shade, whether literal or figurativeH6738
  6. כֻּלָּֽם׃kullāmkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
8
  1. יָשֹׁ֣מּוּyāšōmmûshamem: to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive...H8074
  2. יְשָׁרִ֣יםyĕšārîmyashar: straightH3477
  3. עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  4. זֹ֑אתzōtzo'th: this (often used adverb)H2063
  5. וְ֝נָקִ֗יwĕnāqînaqiy: innocentH5355
  6. עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  7. חָנֵ֥ףḥānēpchaneph: soiled (i.e. with sin), impiousH2611
  8. יִתְעֹרָֽר׃yitʿōrār`uwr: to wake (literally or figuratively)H5782
9
  1. וְיֹאחֵ֣זwĕyōʾḥēzachaz: to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)H270
  2. צַדִּ֣יקṣaddîqtsaddiyq: justH6662
  3. דַּרְכּ֑וֹdarkôderek: a road (as trodden); (figuratively) a course of life or mode of action, often adverbH1870
  4. וּֽטֳהָרûṭŏhortaher: (properly) to be bright; (by implication) to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated)H2891
  5. יָ֝דַ֗יִםyādayimyad: a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one)H3027
  6. יֹסִ֥יףyōsîpyacaph: to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)H3254
  7. אֹֽמֶץ׃ʾōmeṣomets: strengthH555
10
  1. וְֽאוּלָ֗םwĕʾûlāmuwlam: however or on the contraryH199
  2. כֻּלָּ֣םkullāmkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
  3. תָּ֭שֻׁבוּtāšubûshuwb: to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the...H7725
  4. וּבֹ֣אוּûbōʾûbow': to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)H935
  5. נָ֑אnāʾna': added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunctionH4994
  6. וְלֹֽאwĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  7. אֶמְצָ֖אʾemṣāʾmatsa': (properly) to come forth to, i.e. appear or existH4672
  8. בָכֶ֣םbākem
  9. חָכָֽם׃ḥākāmchakam: wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)H2450
11
  1. יָמַ֣יyāmayyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
  2. עָ֭בְרוּʿābĕrû`abar: to cross overH5674
  3. זִמֹּתַ֣יzimmōtayzimmah: a plan, especially a bad oneH2154
  4. נִתְּק֑וּnittĕqûnathaq: to tear offH5423
  5. מ֖וֹרָשֵׁ֣יmôrāšêmowrash: a possession; (figuratively) delightH4180
  6. לְבָבִֽי׃lĕbābîlebab: the heart (as the most interior organ); used also like H3820H3824
12
  1. לַ֭יְלָהlaylâlayil: (properly) a twist (away of the light), i.e. nightH3915
  2. לְי֣וֹםlĕyômyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
  3. יָשִׂ֑ימוּyāśîmûsuwm: to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)H7760
  4. א֝֗וֹרʾôrowr: illumination; (concretely) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)H216
  5. קָר֥וֹבqārôbqarowb: near (in place, kindred or time)H7138
  6. מִפְּנֵיmippĕnêpaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440
  7. חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ḥōšekchoshek: the dark; hence (literally) darknessH2822
13
  1. אִםʾimim: (used very widely as demonstrative) lo!; (interrogatively) whether?H518
  2. אֲ֭קַוֶּהʾăqawweqavah: to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collectH6960
  3. שְׁא֣וֹלšĕʾôlsh'owl: Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmatesH7585
  4. בֵּיתִ֑יbêtîbayith: a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)H1004
  5. בַּ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְbaḥōšekchoshek: the dark; hence (literally) darknessH2822
  6. רִפַּ֥דְתִּיrippadtîraphad: to spread (a bed); (by implication) to refreshH7502
  7. יְצוּעָֽי׃yĕṣûʿāyyatsuwa`: spread, i.e. a bed; (architecture) an extension, i.e. wing or lean-to (a single story or collectively)H3326
14
  1. לַשַּׁ֣חַתlaššaḥatshachath: a pit (especially as a trap); (figuratively) destructionH7845
  2. קָ֭רָאתִיqārāʾtîqara': to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)H7121
  3. אָ֣בִיʾābîab: fatherH1
  4. אָ֑תָּהʾāttâattah: thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youH859
  5. אִמִּ֥יʾimmîem: a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like H0001H517
  6. וַ֝אֲחֹתִ֗יwaʾăḥōtîachowth: a sister (used very widely (like H0250), literally and figuratively)H269
  7. לָֽרִמָּֽה׃lārimmârimmah: a maggot (as rapidly bred), literally or figurativelyH7415
15
  1. וְ֭אַיֵּהwĕʾayyēayeh: where?H346
  2. אֵפ֣וֹʾēpôephow: strictly a demonstrative particle, here; but used of time, now or thenH645
  3. תִקְוָתִ֑יtiqwātîtiqvah: (literally) a cord (as an attachment); (figuratively) expectancyH8615
  4. וְ֝תִקְוָתִ֗יwĕtiqwātîtiqvah: (literally) a cord (as an attachment); (figuratively) expectancyH8615
  5. מִ֣יmîmiy: who?; (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things) which?H4310
  6. יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃yĕšûrennâshuwr: to spy out; (generally) to surveyH7789
16
  1. בַּדֵּ֣יbaddêbad: (properly) separation; (by implication) a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carryingH905
  2. שְׁאֹ֣לšĕʾōlsh'owl: Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmatesH7585
  3. תֵּרַ֑דְנָהtēradnâyarad: to descend; (literally) to go downwardsH3381
  4. אִםʾimim: (used very widely as demonstrative) lo!; (interrogatively) whether?H518
  5. יַ֖חַדyaḥadyachad: (properly) a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedlyH3162
  6. עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  7. עָפָ֣רʿāpār`aphar: dust (as powdered or gray); (hence) clay, earth, mudH6083
  8. נָֽחַת׃nāḥatNachath: a descent, i.e. an imposition; (unfavorably) punishmentH5183

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Strong's words in Job 17 (6)
Strong's H3117 — יָמַ֥י (yāmay)
yowm (yome) n-m. 1. a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) [from an unused root meaning to be hot] KJV: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.. Appears 3 times in Job 17.
Strong's H518 — אִם (ʾim)
im (eem) prt. 1. (used very widely as demonstrative) lo! 2. (interrogatively) whether? 3. (conditionally), if, although 4. (also) Oh that!, when 5. (hence, as a negative) not [a primitive particle] KJV: (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), + but, either, + except, + more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, + save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, + surely (no more, none, not), though, + of a truth, + unless, + verily, when, whereas, whether, while, + yet.. Appears 3 times in Job 17.
Strong's H5869 — עֵינִֽי׃ (ʿênî)
`ayin (ah'-yin) n-e. 1. an eye (literally or figuratively) 2. by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) [probably a primitive word] KJV: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).. Appears 3 times in Job 17.
Strong's H2822 — חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ (ḥōšek)
choshek (kho-shek') n-m. 1. the dark 2. hence (literally) darkness 3. (figuratively) misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness [from H2821] KJV: dark(-ness), night, obscurity. Root(s): H2821. Appears 2 times in Job 17.
Strong's H3027 — לְיָדִ֥י (lĕyādî)
yad (yawd) n-f. 1. a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one) 2. used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows) [a primitive word] KJV: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves. See also: H3709. Appears 2 times in Job 17.
Strong's H3605 — כֻּלָּֽם׃ (kullām)
kol (kole) (or (Jer. 33) n-m. 1. (properly) the whole 2. (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) [from H3634] KJV: (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-)thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever). Root(s): H3634. Appears 2 times in Job 17.

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