{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/job/17","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T17:25:04.997Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":17,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":16,"nextChapter":18,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":16},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave is ready for me."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth upon their provocation."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt them ."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"But as for you all, come on now again; And I shall not find a wise man among you."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"They change the night into day: The light,'say they , is near unto the darkness."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness;"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister;"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, When once there is rest in the dust."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 17 (ASV)","markdown":"[Job 17](https://primebible.com/asv/job/17)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/job/17 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}