For when a few years have come I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
Job 17:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) My spirit is broken, my days are extinct, the grave is ready for me. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, The graves are ready for me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition MY SPIRIT is broken, my days are spent (snuffed out); the grave is ready for me. American Standard Version (1901) My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave is ready for me. Common English Bible My spirit is broken, my days extinguished, the grave, mine. Catholic Public Domain Version My spirit will be wasted, my days will be shortened, and only the grave will left for me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version My spirit shall be wasted; my days shall be shortened: and only the grave remaineth for me. |
For when a few years have come I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
And after this Job lived a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, four generations.
What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient?
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and come to their end without hope.
For I will not contend for ever, nor will I always be angry; for from me proceeds the spirit, and I have made the breath of life.