Job 17:10-16

g[See ver. 13 above]

10 But you, ^acome on again, all of you,
and I shall not find a wise man among you.
11 My ^bdays are past; my plans are broken off,
the desires of my heart.
12 They ^cmake night into day:
‘The light,’ they say, ‘is near to the darkness.’ ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain}
13 If I hope for ^eSheol as ^fmy house,
if I make my bed in darkness,
14 if I say to the pit, ‘You are my father,’
and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
15 where then is my hope?
Who will see my hope?
16 Will it go down to the bars of ^gSheol?
Shall we ^hdescend together ⁱinto the dust?”