{"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/ylt/job/17","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-15T14:15:02.538Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":17,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":16,"nextChapter":18,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":16},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"My spirit hath been destroyed, My days extinguished — graves are for me."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"If not — mockeries are with me. And in their provocations mine eye lodgeth."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For their heart Thou hast hidden From understanding, Therefore Thou dost not exalt them."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"For a portion he sheweth friendship, And the eyes of his sons are consumed."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And dim from sorrow is mine eye, And my members as a shadow all of them."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Astonished are the upright at this, And the innocent against the profane Stirreth himself up."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And the righteous layeth hold on his way, And the clean of hands addeth strength, And — dumb are they all."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Return, and come in, I pray you, And I find not among you a wise man."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"My days have passed by, My devices have been broken off, The possessions of my heart!"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Night for day they appoint, Light is near because of darkness."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"If I wait — Sheol is my house, In darkness I have spread out my couch."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"To corruption I have called: — 'Thou art my father.' 'My mother' and 'my sister' — to the worm."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And where is now my hope? Yea, my hope, who doth behold it?"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"To the parts of Sheol ye go down, If together on the dust we may rest."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 17 (YLT)","markdown":"[Job 17](https://primebible.com/ylt/job/17)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/job/17 (accessed 2026-06-15)."}}