Job 17: Job's Hope Fades Toward the Grave

Job continues his reply, saying his spirit is crushed and death is near. He asks God to stand as his guarantor, mourns that he has become a public object of scorn, and wonders whether any hope can remain if the grave is to be his only home.

Reading level: General

View full study notes for this chapter →

Question 1 of 4 · 0 correct so far

In 17:3-4, whom does Job ask to provide the pledge that will back his case?

His brothers, since close relatives must redeem their kinThe city elders, since they decide cases at the gateHis friends, since they know the whole story of his lifeGod Himself, since no one else will stand surety for him