Job 17
- 1My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
- 2Are there not mockers with me? And does not my eye continue in their provocation?
- 3Lay down now, put me in a surety with you. Who is he who will strike hands with me?
- 4For you have hid their heart from understanding: therefore you shall not lift up them.
- 5He who speaks flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
- 6He has made me also a byword of the people, and formerly I was as a tambourine.
- 7My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
- 8Upright men shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
- 9The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he who has clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
- 10But as for you all, do you return, and come now. For I cannot find one wise man among you.
- 11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
- 12They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
- 13If I wait, the grave is my house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
- 14I have said to corruption, You are my father: to the worm, You are my mother, and my sister.
- 15And where is now my hope? As for my hope, who shall see it?
- 16They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Job 17 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVAre there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
GIGAKJVAre there not mockers with me? And does not my eye continue in their provocation?
KJVLay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
GIGAKJVLay down now, put me in a surety with you. Who is he who will strike hands with me?
KJVFor thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
GIGAKJVFor you have hid their heart from understanding: therefore you shall not lift up them.
KJVHe that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
GIGAKJVHe who speaks flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
KJVHe hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
GIGAKJVHe has made me also a byword of the people, and formerly I was as a tambourine.
KJVMine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
GIGAKJVMy eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
KJVUpright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
GIGAKJVUpright men shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
KJVThe righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
GIGAKJVThe righteous also shall hold on his way, and he who has clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
KJVBut as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
GIGAKJVBut as for you all, do you return, and come now. For I cannot find one wise man among you.
KJVIf I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
GIGAKJVIf I wait, the grave is my house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
KJVI have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
GIGAKJVI have said to corruption, You are my father: to the worm, You are my mother, and my sister.
KJVAnd where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
GIGAKJVAnd where is now my hope? As for my hope, who shall see it?
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