New American Standard Bible (NASB)
Job 17
8 "The upright will be appalled at this, And the innocent will stir up himself against the godless.
9 "Nevertheless the righteous will hold to his way, And he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
10 "But come again all of you now, For I do not find a wise man among you.
11 "My days are past, my plans are torn apart, Even the wishes of my heart.
12 "They make night into day, saying, ’The light is near,’ in the presence of darkness.
13 "If I look for Sheol as my home, I make my bed in the darkness;
14 If I call to the pit, ’You are my father’; To the worm, ’my mother and my sister’;
15 Where now is my hope? And who regards my hope?
16 "Will it go down with me to Sheol? Shall we together go down into the dust?"
Job 18
1 Then Bildad the Shuhite responded,
2 "How long will you hunt for words? Show understanding and then we can talk.
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