English Standard Version

Job 17:9-14 English Standard Version (ESV)

9. Yet the righteous holds to his way,and he who has clean hands grows stronger and stronger.

10. But you, come on again, all of you,and I shall not find a wise man among you.

11. My days are past; my plans are broken off,the desires of my heart.

12. They make night into day:‘The light,’ they say, ‘is near to the darkness.’

13. If I hope for Sheol as my house,if I make my bed in darkness,

14. if I say to the pit, ‘You are my father,’and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’