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Job 17:1

Discouragement and depressionExhaustionDeath and loss
“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.

2 Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.

3 Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?

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BSB
“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.
KJV
My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
WEB
“My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct and the grave is ready for me.
ASV
My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave is [ready] for me.
DARBY
My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are mine.
BLB
[“] My spirit is destroyed, my days are extinguished—graves are for me.
ÅB
Min ånd[^1] er brutt, mine dager utslukket; bare graver har jeg for meg.
OTB
“Min ånd er knust, mine dager er slukket,
Graven venter på meg.
B1930
Min ånd er brutt, mine dager utslukket; bare graver har jeg for mig. < livskraft.>

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