New International Reader's Version

Job 17:1-6 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

1. My strength is almost gone. I won't live much longer. A grave is waiting for me.

2. People who make fun of me are all around me. I'm forced to watch as they attack me with their words.

3. "God, please pay the price to have me set free. Who else would put up money for me?

4. You have closed the minds of those who are trying to comfort me. They don't understand that I haven't done anything wrong. So don't let them win the argument.

5. Suppose a man tells lies about his friends to get a reward. Then his own children will suffer for it.

6. "God has made everyone laugh at me. People spit in my face.