{"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/kjv/job/17","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T11:07:43.943Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":17,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":16,"nextChapter":18,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":16},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves <i>are ready</i> for me."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"<i>Are there</i> not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who <i>is</i> he <i>that</i> will strike hands with me?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt <i>them</i>."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"He that speaketh flattery to <i>his</i> friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members <i>are</i> as a shadow."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Upright <i>men</i> shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find <i>one</i> wise <i>man</i> among you."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"My days are past, my purposes are broken off, <i>even</i> the thoughts of my heart."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"They change the night into day: the light <i>is</i> short because of darkness."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"If I wait, the grave <i>is</i> mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I have said to corruption, Thou <i>art</i> my father: to the worm, <i>Thou art</i> my mother, and my sister."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And where <i>is</i> now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when <i>our</i> rest together <i>is</i> in the dust."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 17 (KJV)","markdown":"[Job 17](https://primebible.com/kjv/job/17)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/job/17 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}