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Job 17

Job 17 ( Job • Chapter 17 (16 verses)): My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me. Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me? It is closely linked with Job (Old Testament • 42 Chapters): Job (Old Testament, 42 chapters). Key figures: Eliphaz , Adam , Ram (or Amram ). Key places: Tema , Sheba , Ophir , Ethiopia , Adam , Jordan . Opens with: "There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil...."

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Job 17:12 : "They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness."; Job 17:1 : "My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me."; Job 17:4 : "For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.". Related canonical books and chapters: Job 17 ( Job • Chapter 17 (16 verses)), Job (Old Testament • 42 Chapters), Acts 17 ( Acts • Chapter 17 (34 verses)).

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Job 17
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Job • Chapter 17 (16 verses)

My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me. Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?

Job
99% Old Testament
Old Testament • 42 Chapters

Job (Old Testament, 42 chapters). Key figures: Eliphaz , Adam , Ram (or Amram ). Key places: Tema , Sheba , Ophir , Ethiopia , Adam , Jordan . Opens with: "There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil...."

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Book of Job
VIDEO 81%
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Overview of Job examining the mystery of suffering, divine wisdom, the inadequacy of the retribution principle, and trusting God's complex cosmic order.

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Acts 17
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Acts • Chapter 17 (34 verses)

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia , they came to Thessalonica , where was a synagogue of the Jews: And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs h... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Amphipolis , Apollonia , Thessalonica , Berea , Athens .

John 17
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John • Chapter 17 (26 verses)

These words spake Jesus , and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. And this is life et... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .

Luke 17
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Luke • Chapter 17 (37 verses)

Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. Take heed to... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Noah , Lot , Jerusalem , Samaria , Galilee , Sodom .

Matthew 17
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Matthew • Chapter 17 (27 verses)

And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James , and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , James ( Jacob ), Moses , Simon , Galilee , Capernaum .

Revelation 17
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Revelation • Chapter 17 (18 verses)

And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .

1 Chronicles 17
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1 Chronicles • Chapter 17 (27 verses)

Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord remaineth under curtains. Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee. And it cam... Mentions: David, Nathan, Jacob/Israel , Egypt .

1 Kings 17
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1 Kings • Chapter 17 (24 verses)

And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead , said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, Get thee hence, and turn th... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Gilead , Cherith , Jordan , Zarephath .

1 Samuel 17
55% Chapter
1 Samuel • Chapter 17 (58 verses)

Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Soco , which belongeth to Judah , and pitched between Soco and Azekah , in Ephes–dammim. And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the ... Mentions: Judah , Saul , Jacob/Israel , David , Jesse , Soco, Azekah , Gath , Ekron , Shaaraim 1 .

2 Chronicles 17
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2 Chronicles • Chapter 17 (19 verses)

And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel . And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah , and set garrisons in the land of Judah , and in the cities of Ephraim , which Asa his father had taken. And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat , ... Mentions: Jehoshaphat, Jacob/Israel , Judah, Ephraim , Asa , Tob , Jerusalem .

2 Kings 17
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2 Kings • Chapter 17 (41 verses)

In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him. Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria ; and Ho... Mentions: Ahaz , Judah , Jacob/Israel, Baal , David , Samaria , Assyria , Egypt , Halah , Habor .

2 Samuel 17
54% Chapter
2 Samuel • Chapter 17 (29 verses)

Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night: And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will ... Mentions: David , Jacob/Israel , Dan , Zadok , Jonathan , Bahurim , Jerusalem , Jordan , Mahanaim .

Deuteronomy 17
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Deuteronomy • Chapter 17 (20 verses)

Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the Lord thy God any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an abomination unto the Lord thy God. If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the Lord thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wr... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Egypt .

Exodus 17
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Exodus • Chapter 17 (16 verses)

And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin , after their journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord, and pitched in Rephidim : and there was no water for the people to drink. Wherefore the people did chide with Moses , and said, G... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Moses , Amalek , Joshua , Aaron , Sin , Rephidim , Egypt , Horeb , Massah .

Ezekiel 17
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Ezekiel • Chapter 17 (24 verses)

And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel ; And say, Thus saith the Lord God; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon , and took the h... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Lebanon , Babylon , Jerusalem , Egypt .

Genesis 17
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Genesis • Chapter 17 (27 verses)

And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram , and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. And Abram fell on his face: and God talked... Mentions: Abram/Abraham, Canaan , Ishmael , Isaac .

Isaiah 17
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Isaiah • Chapter 17 (14 verses)

The burden of Damascus . Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid. The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim , and the kingdom... Mentions: Ephraim , Jacob/Israel , Damascus, Aroer 1 , Syria , Rephaim .

Judges 17
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Judges • Chapter 17 (13 verses)

And there was a man of mount Ephraim , whose name was Micah . And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Ble... Mentions: Ephraim , Micah , Jacob/Israel , Judah .

Jeremiah 17
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Jeremiah • Chapter 17 (27 verses)

The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars; Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills. O my mountain in th... Mentions: Judah , Jacob/Israel , David , Benjamin , Jerusalem .

Job 1
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Job • Chapter 1 (22 verses)

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job ; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five h...

Job 2
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Job • Chapter 2 (13 verses)

Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord. And the Lord said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the ear... Mentions: Eliphaz .

Job 3
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Job • Chapter 3 (26 verses)

After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. And Job spake, and said, Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.

Job 4
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Job • Chapter 4 (21 verses)

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. Mentions: Eliphaz .

Job 5
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Job • Chapter 5 (27 verses)

Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

Codex Vaticanus (B, 03) — Romans 1:1–17
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Paul's thesis of the Gospel: 'The righteous shall live by faith' ( Habakkuk 2:4 quotation).

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Hebrew lemma vocalization for God's loyal, covenantal steadfast lovingkindness ( Exodus 34:6 ).

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Job 6
52% Chapter
Job • Chapter 6 (30 verses)

But Job answered and said, Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. Mentions: Tema , Sheba .

Job 7
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Job • Chapter 7 (21 verses)

Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling? As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work: So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to...

Job 8
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Job • Chapter 8 (22 verses)

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind? Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

Job 9
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Job • Chapter 9 (35 verses)

Then Job answered and said, I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.

Job 10
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Job • Chapter 10 (22 verses)

My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me. Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work...

Scripture Passages (24)

They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

Job 17:1 (KJV)
Job 17 KJV

My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.

Job 17:4 (KJV)
Job 17 KJV

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

And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

Job 17:2 (KJV)
Job 17 KJV

Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?

Job 17:5 (KJV)
Job 17 KJV

He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

So Job died, being old and full of days.

He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.

Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.

If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.

There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.

For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.

That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.

My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.

Job 17:6 (KJV)
Job 17 KJV

He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

Job 17:7 (KJV)
Job 17 KJV

Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.

Job 17:8 (KJV)
Job 17 KJV

Upright men shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.

He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.

Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion.

They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.

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