Cross References

Job 17:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

My hopes have died, my time is up, and the grave is ready.

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Because in only a few years, I will be dead and gone.

My life is drawing to an end; hope has disappeared.

My breath disgusts my wife; everyone in my family turns away.

Job lived for another one hundred and forty years—long enough to see his great-grandchildren have children of their own—

Why should I patiently hope when my strength is gone?

and my days are running out quicker than the thread of a fast-moving needle.

My people, I won't stay angry and keep on accusing you. After all, I am your Creator. I don't want you to give up in complete despair.