Job 17:1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised My spirit is broken. My days are extinguished. A graveyard awaits me. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
My days have slipped by; my plans have been ruined, even the things dear to my heart.
My breath is offensive to my wife, and my own family finds me repulsive.
Job lived for 140 years after this and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
What strength do I have, that I should continue to hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?
My days pass more swiftly than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
For I will not accuse you for ever, and I will not always be angry; for then the spirit would grow weak before me, even the breath, which I have made.