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Book 18 of 66 · Poetry & Wisdom

JobChapter 17 · light and darkness and hope

16 verses2 sections2 min readWisdomComplete KJV text

Job 17 contains 16 verses in the King James Version. This page presents the complete chapter, a section-by-section outline, and direct links to every verse. Its recurring subjects include light and darkness, hope, and wisdom.

Chapter at a glance

What is in Job 17?

The chapter opens, “My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.” It closes in verse 16, “They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.” The outline below follows the text in order.

Primary themes
light and darknesshopewisdom
Passage
Job 17:1–16
Reading time
About 2 minutes · 262 words
Section-by-section outline

Job 17 outline

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  1. Verses 1–9

    Wisdom

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

  2. Verses 10–16

    Light and Darkness · Hope

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

King James Version · complete chapter

Job 17 KJV

1My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me. 2Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? 3Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me? 4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them. 5He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. 6He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret. 7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow. 8Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite. 9The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. 10But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you. 11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. 12They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness. 13If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness. 14I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. 15And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? 16They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.