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Job Prepares for Death

Job 17:15

In 11 translations

BSB
where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?
KJV
And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
WEB
where then is my hope? As for my hope, who will see it?
ASV
Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?
LSV
And where [is] my hope now? Indeed, my hope, who beholds it?
YLT
And where [is] now my hope? Yea, my hope, who doth behold it?
DBY
And where is then my hope? yea, my hope, who shall see it?
DRC
Where is now then my expectation, and who considereth my patience?
GNV
Where is then now mine hope? or who shall consider the thing, that I hoped for?
JPS
Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?
LXXE
Where then is yet my hope? or where shall I see my good?

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וְ֭אַיֵּה אֵפ֣וֹ תִקְוָתִ֑י וְ֝תִקְוָתִ֗י מִ֣י יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃
LXX-Br
Ποῦ οὖν μου ἔτι ἐστὶν ἡ ἐλπὶς, ἢ τὰ ἀγαθά μου ὄψομαι;

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 13:15Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
  • Job 6:11What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?
  • Job 4:6Is your reverence not your confidence, and the uprightness of your ways your hope?
  • Job 19:10He tears me down on every side until I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree.
  • Job 7:6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.

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