Job Chapter 17 Contemporary English Version (2006)

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욥기 17장은 엘리바스의 두 번째 말에 대한 욥의 대답(16-17장)의 뒷부분이다. 욥은 죽음이 가까웠다고 탄식하며 하나님께 친히 보증이 되어 달라고 청하고, 친구들의 지혜 없음을 꾸짖는다. 끝에서는 무덤과 음부 앞에서 자신의 소망이 어디 있느냐고 묻는다.

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17Job · Contemporary English Version (2006)

¹My hopes have died, my time is up, and the grave is ready.

²All I can see are angry crowds, making fun of me.

³If you, Lord, don't help, who will pay the price for my release?

⁴My friends won't really listen, all because of you, and so you must be the one to prove them wrong.

⁵They have condemned me, just to benefit themselves; now blind their children.

⁶You, God, are the reason I am insulted and spit on.

⁷I am almost blind with grief; my body is a mere shadow.

⁸People who are truly good would feel so alarmed, that they would become angry with my worthless friends.

⁹They would do the right thing and because they did, they would grow stronger.

¹⁰But none of my friends show any sense.

¹¹My life is drawing to an end; hope has disappeared.

¹²But all my friends can do is offer empty hopes.

¹³I could tell the world below to prepare me a bed.

¹⁴Then I could greet the grave as my father and say to the worms, “Hello, mother and sisters!”

¹⁵But what kind of hope is that?

¹⁶Will it keep me company in the world of the dead?

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