Top Verses Profile for Job 6:17  

10 Then I would still have this consolation – my joy in unrelenting pain – that I had not denied the words of the Holy One. 11 "What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What prospects, that I should be patient?" 12 Do I have the strength of stone? Is my flesh bronze? 13 Do I have any power to help myself, now that success has been driven from me? 14 "Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty." 15 But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams, as the streams that overflow 16 When darkened by thawing ice and swollen with melting snow 17 But that cease to flow in the dry season, and in the heat vanish from their channels. 18 Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go off into the wasteland and perish. 19 The caravans of Tema look for water, the traveling merchants of Sheba look in hope. 20 They are distressed, because they had been confident; they arrive there, only to be disappointed. 21 Now you too have proved to be of no help; you see something dreadful and are afraid. 22 Have I ever said, 'Give something on my behalf, pay a ransom for me from your wealth 23 Deliver me from the hand of the enemy, rescue me from the clutches of the ruthless'? 24 "Teach me, and I will be quiet; show me where I have been wrong." (NIV)

10 Then would I still have consolation--yes, I would leap [for joy] amid unsparing pain [though I shrink from it]--that I have not concealed or denied the words of the Holy One! 11 What strength have I left, that I should wait and hope? And what is ahead of me, that I should be patient? 12 Is my strength and endurance that of stones? Or is my flesh made of bronze? 13 Is it not that I have no help in myself, and that wisdom is quite driven from me? 14 To him who is about to faint and despair, kindness is due from his friend, lest he forsake the fear of the Almighty. 15 [You] my brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away 16 Which are black and turbid by reason of the ice, and in which the snows hides itself; 17 When they get warm, they shrink and disappear; when it is hot, they vanish out of their place. 18 The caravans which travel by way of them turn aside; they go into the waste places and perish. [Such is my disappointment in you, the friends I fully trusted.] 19 The caravans of Tema looked [for water], the companies of Sheba waited for them [in vain]. 20 They were confounded because they had hoped [to find water]; they came there and were bitterly disappointed. 21 Now to me you are [like a dried-up brook]; you see my dismay and terror, and [believing me to be a victim of God's anger] you are afraid [to sympathize with me]. 22 Did I ever say, Bring me a gift, or Pay a bribe on my account from your wealth 23 To deliver me from the adversary's hand, or Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors? 24 Teach me, and I will hold my peace; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. (AMP)

10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One. 11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life? 12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass? 13 Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me? 14 To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. 15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away; 16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid: 17 What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. 18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish. 19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them. 20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed. 21 For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid. 22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance? 23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty? 24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. (KJV)