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Job 17

Highlighted words differ from the KJV. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

  1. 1
    KJVMy breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
    WEB“My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct and the grave is ready for me.
  2. 2
    KJVAre there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
    WEBSurely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation.
  3. 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. Who is there who will strike hands with me?
  4. 4
    KJVFor thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
    WEBFor you have hidden their heart from understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.
  5. 5
    KJVHe that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
    WEBHe who denounces his friends for plunder, even the eyes of his children will fail.
  6. 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. They spit in my face.
  7. 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. All my members are as a shadow.
  8. 8
    KJVUpright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
    WEBUpright men will be astonished at this. The innocent will stir himself up against the godless.
  9. 9
    KJVThe righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
    WEBYet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
  10. 10
    KJVBut as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
    WEBBut as for you all, come back. I will not find a wise man among you.
  11. 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, as are the thoughts of my heart.
  12. 12
    KJVThey change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
    WEBThey change the night into day, saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.
  13. 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, if I have spread my couch in the darkness,
  14. 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,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘My sister,’
  15. 15
    KJVAnd where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
    WEBwhere then is my hope? As for my hope, who will see it?
  16. 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, or descend together into the dust?”
  • King James Version (1769 text), public domain outside the United Kingdom, where Crown letters patent apply.
  • World English Bible (WEB), public domain. “World English Bible” is a trademark of eBible.org.