Job 17 - Compare Translations
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Job 17:1
KJVMy breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
WEB“My spirit is consumed.
YLTMy spirit hath been destroyed, My days extinguished -- graves [are] for me.
Job 17:2
KJVAre there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
WEBSurely there are mockers with me.
YLTIf not -- mockeries [are] with me. And in their provocations mine eye lodgeth.
Job 17:3
KJVLay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
WEB“Now give a pledge, be collateral for me with yourself.
YLTPlace, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me?
Job 17:4
KJVFor thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
WEBFor you have hidden their heart from understanding,
YLTFor their heart Thou hast hidden From understanding, Therefore Thou dost not exalt them.
Job 17:5
KJVHe that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
WEBHe who denounces his friends for plunder,
YLTFor a portion he sheweth friendship, And the eyes of his sons are consumed.
Job 17:6
KJVHe hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
WEB“But he has made me a byword of the people.
YLTAnd he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am.
Job 17:7
KJVMine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
WEBMy eye also is dim by reason of sorrow.
YLTAnd dim from sorrow is mine eye, And my members as a shadow all of them.
Job 17:8
KJVUpright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
WEBUpright men shall be astonished at this.
YLTAstonished are the upright at this, And the innocent against the profane Stirreth himself up.
Job 17:9
KJVThe righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
WEBYet shall the righteous hold on his way.
YLTAnd the righteous layeth hold [on] his way, And the clean of hands addeth strength, And -- dumb are they all.
Job 17:10
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Job 17:11
KJVMy days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
WEBMy days are past, my plans are broken off,
YLTMy days have passed by, My devices have been broken off, The possessions of my heart!
Job 17:12
KJVThey change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
WEBThey change the night into day,
YLTNight for day they appoint, Light [is] near because of darkness.
Job 17:13
KJVIf I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
WEBIf I look for Sheol as my house,
YLTIf I wait -- Sheol [is] my house, In darkness I have spread out my couch.
Job 17:14
KJVI have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
WEBIf I have said to corruption, ‘You are my father;’
YLTTo corruption I have called: -- `Thou [art] my father.' `My mother' and `my sister' -- to the worm.
Job 17:15
KJVAnd where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
WEBwhere then is my hope?
YLTAnd where [is] now my hope? Yea, my hope, who doth behold it?
Job 17:16
KJVThey shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
WEBShall it go down with me to the gates of Sheol,
YLT[To] the parts of Sheol ye go down, If together on the dust we may rest.
16 verses compared across 3 translations - KJV, WEB, YLT