(KJV) Job 17¹

⥃Job Prepares for Death

[1] My breath is corrupt², my days³ are extinct, the graves⁴ [are ready] for me. [2] [Are there] not mockers⁵ with me? and doth not mine eye continue⁶ in their provocation⁷? [3] Lay down now, put me⁸ in a surety with thee; who [is] he [that] will strike⁹ hands with me? [4] For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].¹⁰ [5] He that¹¹ speaketh flattery to [his] friends, even the eyes¹² of his children shall fail. [6] He hath made me also a byword¹³ of the people; and aforetime¹⁴ I was as a tabret¹⁵. [7] Mine eye¹⁶ also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members¹⁷ [are] as a shadow¹⁸. [8] Upright [men] shall be astonied¹⁹ at this, and the innocent shall stir up²⁰ himself against the hypocrite. [9] The righteous also shall hold on²¹ his way, and he that hath clean²² hands shall be stronger and stronger²³. [10] But as for you all, do ye return²⁴, and come now: for I²⁵ cannot find [one] wise [man] among you. [11] My days²⁶ are past, my purposes²⁷ are broken off, [even] the thoughts²⁸ of my heart. [12] They change²⁹ the night into day: the light [is] short³⁰ because of darkness. [13] If I wait³¹, the grave³² [is] mine house: I have made³³ my bed in the darkness. [14] I have said³⁴ to corruption³⁵, Thou [art] my father: to the worm³⁶, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister. [15] And where [is] now my hope³⁷? as for my hope, who shall see it? [16] They shall go down to the bars of the pit³⁸, when [our] rest³⁹ together [is] in the dust.