{"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/drb/job/17","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T15:24:11.052Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":17,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":16,"nextChapter":18,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":16},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"My spirit shall be wasted, my days shall be shortened, and only the grave remaineth for me. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"I have not sinned, and my eye abideth in bitterness. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Deliver me O Lord, and set me beside thee, and let any man's hand fight against me. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Thou hast set their heart far from understanding, therefore they shall not be exalted. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"He promiseth a prey to his companions, and the eyes of his children shall fail. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"He hath made me as it were a byword of the people, and I am an example before them. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"My eye is dim through indignation, and my limbs are brought as it were to nothing. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"The just shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall be raised up against the hypocrite. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And the just man shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Wherefore be you all converted, and come, and I shall not find among you any wise man. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"My days have passed away, my thoughts are dissipated, tormenting my heart. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"They have turned night into day, and after darkness I hope for light again. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"If I wait hell is my house, and I have made my bed in darkness. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"If I have said to rottenness: Thou art my father; to worms, my mother and my sister. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Where is now then my expectation, and who considereth my patience? "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"All that I have shall go down into the deepest pit: thinkest thou that there at least I shall have rest? "}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 17 (DRB)","markdown":"[Job 17](https://primebible.com/drb/job/17)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/job/17 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}