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Job 17

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My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.

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Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?

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Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?

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For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

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He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

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He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

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Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.

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Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.

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The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

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But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.

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My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

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They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

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If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

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I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

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And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

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They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.

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Job 17:4

“For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.”

Study Summary

"For you have hid their heart from understanding; therefore you will not let them triumph." Job suggests that God has closed the friends' hearts to understanding. Yet he also appeals to God to prevent their triumph, suggesting that God still has power to vindicate Job against them. The verse implies both God's role in creating the friends' blindness and God's capacity to reverse their judgment.

Community Reflections

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Markus Bauer (test user)1d ago
Finding rest in God — Job 17

God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. Today it speaks comfort; a year ago it spoke conviction.. Now I understand why — it's a daily declaration of dependence on God.. The Hebrew word used here carries a richness that English can't fully capture. God is faithful in every circumstance.. This connects directly to the promise made to Abraham. God is faithful in every circumstance.. Their context of persecution gives these words a weight we often miss.. The early church would have heard this very differently than we do today. God is faithful in every circumstance.. Faith isn't the absence of doubt — it's choosing to believe despite it.. The contrast between human weakness and divine strength is so vivid in this passage. This is one of those passages that reads differently in every…

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Job 17:4

“For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.”

Study Summary

"For you have hid their heart from understanding; therefore you will not let them triumph." Job suggests that God has closed the friends' hearts to understanding. Yet he also appeals to God to prevent their triumph, suggesting that God still has power to vindicate Job against them. The verse implies both God's role in creating the friends' blindness and God's capacity to reverse their judgment.

Community Reflections

1
Markus Bauer (test user)1d ago
Finding rest in God — Job 17

God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. Today it speaks comfort; a year ago it spoke conviction.. Now I understand why — it's a daily declaration of dependence on God.. The Hebrew word used here carries a richness that English can't fully capture. God is faithful in every circumstance.. This connects directly to the promise made to Abraham. God is faithful in every circumstance.. Their context of persecution gives these words a weight we often miss.. The early church would have heard this very differently than we do today. God is faithful in every circumstance.. Faith isn't the absence of doubt — it's choosing to believe despite it.. The contrast between human weakness and divine strength is so vivid in this passage. This is one of those passages that reads differently in every…

Read the note →

Job 17:4

"For you have hid their heart from understanding; therefore you will not let them triumph." Job suggests that God has closed the friends' hearts to understanding. Yet he also appeals to God to prevent their triumph, suggesting that God still has power to vindicate Job against them. The verse implies both God's role in creating the friends' blindness and God's capacity to reverse their judgment.