Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version

Job 17:1-5 Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version (ETR)

1. My spirit is broken; I am ready to give up. My life is almost gone; the grave is waiting for me.

2. People stand around me and laugh at me. I watch them as they tease and insult me.

3. “God, give me some support. No one else will!

4. You have closed my friends’ minds, and they don’t understand. Please don’t let them win.

5. You know what people say: ‘A man neglects his own children to help his friends.’ But my friends have turned against me.