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Job 17:1

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17:1My spirit is broken,1

my days have faded out,2

the grave3 awaits me.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 The verb חָבַל (khaval, “to act badly”) in the Piel means “to ruin.” The Pual translation with “my spirit” as the subject means “broken” in the sense of finished (not in the sense of humbled as in Ps 51).
  2. 2 The verb זָעַךְ (za’aq, equivalent of Aramaic דָעַק [da’aq]) means “to be extinguished.” It only occurs here in the Hebrew.
  3. 3 The plural “graves” could be simply an intensification, a plural of extension (see §124.c), or a reference to the graveyard. Coverdale had: “I am harde at deathes dore.” The Hebrew expression simply reads “graves for me.” It probably means that graves await him.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“My spirit is broken; my days are extinct;

the graveyard is ready for me.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

My spirit is broken,

my days are cut short,

the grave awaits me.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

My spirit is broken.

My days are extinguished.

A graveyard awaits me.

NLTNew Living Translation

“My spirit is crushed,

and my life is nearly snuffed out.

The grave is ready to receive me.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“My spirit is pulled down; my days are extinguished;

the graveyard is for me.

KJV 1900King James Version

My breath is corrupt,

My days are extinct,

The graves are ready for me.