3
4
You have closed their minds to understanding,
therefore You will not honor them.
5 therefore You will not honor them.
If a man informs on his friends for a price,
the eyes of his children will fail.
the eyes of his children will fail.
6
7
My eyes have grown dim from grief,
and my whole body has become but a shadow.
8
9 and my whole body has become but a shadow.
Yet the righteous person will hold to his way,
and the one whose hands are clean(F) will grow stronger.
10 and the one whose hands are clean(F) will grow stronger.
Footnotes:
a.
Job 17:2: Lit are with
b.
Job 17:3: Lit me with You
c.
Job 17:3: Lit Who is there that will strike himself into my hand
d.
Job 17:6: Lit become a spitting to the faces
e.
Job 17:10: Some Hb mss, LXX, Vg; other Hb mss read them