Job 17:15

Modern

…where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?

Traditional

And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

Literal

…where, then, is my hope? And my hope, who can see it?

Latin

Ubi est ergo nunc præstolatio mea? et patientiam meam quis considerat?

Hebrew

English

…where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?

Job no longer trusted his friends and thought he would die without hope (6:15–21; 13:4–5; 16:2–3; compare 12:2).

Theme notes and profiles

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