Job 17:7–10

7 My eyes have grown dim with grief;

my whole frame is but a shadow.

8 The upright are appalled at this;

the innocent are aroused against the ungodly.

9 Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways,

and those with clean hands will grow stronger.

10 “But come on, all of you, try again!

I will not find a wise man among you.

7 My eye has grown dim from vexation,

and all my members are like a shadow.

8 The upright are appalled at this,

and the innocent stirs himself up against the godless.

9 Yet the righteous holds to his way,

and he who has clean hands grows stronger and stronger.

10 But you, come on again, all of you,

and I shall not find a wise man among you.

7 My eyes are swollen with weeping,

and I am but a shadow of my former self.

8 The virtuous are horrified when they see me.

The innocent rise up against the ungodly.

9 The righteous keep moving forward,

and those with clean hands become stronger and stronger.

10 “As for all of you, come back with a better argument,

though I still won’t find a wise man among you.

7 My eye has also grown dim because of sorrow,

And all my members are like shadows.

8 Upright men are astonished at this,

And the innocent stirs himself up against the hypocrite.

9 Yet the righteous will hold to his way,

And he who has clean hands will be stronger and stronger.

10 “But please, come back again, all of you,

For I shall not find one wise man among you.

7 My sight has grown weak because of my sadness,

and my body is as thin as a shadow.

8 Honest people are upset about this;

innocent people are upset with those who do wrong.

9 But those who do right will continue to do right,

and those whose hands are not dirty with sin will grow stronger.

10 “But, all of you, come and try again!

I do not find a wise person among you.

7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow,

And all my members are as a shadow.

8 Upright men shall be astonished at this,

And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.

9 Yet shall the righteous hold on his way,

And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.

10 But as for you all, come on now again;

And I shall not find a wise man among you.

7 And mine eye is dim by reason of grief, and all my members are as a shadow. 8 Upright men shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall be stirred up against the ungodly; 9 But the righteous shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall increase in strength.

10 But as for you all, pray come on again; and I shall not find one wise man among you.

7 Now my eyes are blurred from grief. 

Now all my limbs are like a shadow. 

8 Decent people are shocked by this, 

and it stirs up the innocent against godless people. 

9 Yet, the righteous person clings to his way, 

and the one with clean hands grows stronger. 

10 “But now, all of you, come and try again! 

I won’t find one wise man among you. 

7 My eyes have grown dim from grief,

and my whole body has become but a shadow.

8 The upright are appalled at this,

and the innocent are roused against the godless.

9 Yet the righteous person will hold to his way,

and the one whose hands are clean will grow stronger.

10 But come back and try again, all of you.

I will not find a wise man among you.

7 My eye has grown dim from grief,

and all my members are like a shadow.

8 The upright are appalled at this,

and the innocent stir themselves up against the godless.

9 Yet the righteous hold to their way,

and they who have clean hands grow stronger and stronger.

10 But you, come back now, all of you,

and I shall not find a sensible person among you.

7 And my eye has grown dim from grief,

and the limbs of my body are all like a shadow.

8 The upright are appalled at this,

and the innocent excites himself over the godless.

9 But the righteous holds on to his way,

and he who has clean hands increases in strength.

10 But all of you must return—please come!

But I shall not find a wise person among you.

7 My eyes have grown weak because I’m so sad.

My body is so thin it hardly casts a shadow.

8 Those who claim to be honest

are shocked when they see me.

Those who think they haven’t sinned

are stirred up against me.

They think I’m ungodly.

9 But godly people will keep doing what is right.

Those who have clean hands will grow stronger.

10 “Come on, all of you! Try again!

I can’t find a wise person among you.

7 “My eye has also grown dim because of grief,

And all my members are as a shadow.

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.