Cross References

Job 17:1

New English Translation

My spirit is broken, my days have faded out, the grave awaits me.

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For the years that lie ahead are few, and then I will go on the way of no return.

My days have passed, my plans are shattered, even the desires of my heart.

My breath is repulsive to my wife; I am loathsome to my brothers.

After this Job lived 140 years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?

My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle and they come to an end without hope.

For I will not be hostile forever or perpetually angry, for then man’s spirit would grow faint before me, the life-giving breath I created.