New American Standard Bible (NASB)
Job 16
18 "O earth, do not cover my blood, And let there be no resting place for my cry.
19 "Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And my advocate is on high.
20 "My friends are my scoffers; My eye weeps to God.
21 "O that a man might plead with God As a man with his neighbor!
22 "For when a few years are past, I shall go the way of no return.
Job 17
1 "My spirit is broken, my days are extinguished, The grave is ready for me.
2 "Surely mockers are with me, And my eye gazes on their provocation.
3 "Lay down, now, a pledge for me with Yourself; Who is there that will be my guarantor?
4 "For You have kept their heart from understanding, Therefore You will not exalt them.
5 "He who informs against friends for a share of the spoil, The eyes of his children also will languish.
6 "But He has made me a byword of the people, And I am one at whom men spit.
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