American Standard Version

Job 17:1-6 American Standard Version (ASV)

1. My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave is ready for me.

2. Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth upon their provocation.

3. Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?

4. For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

5. He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.

6. But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.