Job 17:15

King James Version

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

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
Where then is my hope? Can anyone find it?

English Revised Version
Where then is my hope? and as for my hope, who shall see it?

Update Bible Version
Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?

New Century Version
where, then, is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?

New English Translation
where then is my hope? And my hope, who sees it?

Webster's Bible Translation
And where [is] now my hope? as for my hope, who will see it?

World English Bible
Where then is my hope? As for my hope, who shall see it?

Amplified Bible
Where now is my hope? And who regards or considers or is even concerned about my hope?

English Standard Version
where then is my hope? Who will see my hope?

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor where is now myn abidyng? and who biholdith my pacience?

Berean Standard Bible
where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?

Contemporary English Version
But what kind of hope is that?

American Standard Version
Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?

Bible in Basic English
Where then is my hope? and who will see my desire?

Complete Jewish Bible
then where is my hope? And that hope of mine, who will see it?

Darby Translation
And where is then my hope? yea, my hope, who shall see it?

Easy-to-Read Version
But you can't really call that hope, can you? Does anyone see any hope for me?

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?

King James Version (1611)
And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

New Life Bible
then where is my hope? Who sees hope for me?

New Revised Standard
where then is my hope? Who will see my hope?

Geneva Bible (1587)
Where is then now mine hope? or who shal consider the thing, that I hoped for?

George Lamsa Translation
Where is now my hope and my trust? As for my hope, who shall find it?

Good News Translation
Where is there any hope for me? Who sees any?

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Where then would be my hope? And, as for my blessedness, who should see it!

Douay-Rheims Bible
Where is now then my expectation, and who considereth my patience?

Revised Standard Version
where then is my hope? Who will see my hope?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Where is then now my hope? or who hath considered the thing that I loke for?

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Where then is yet my hope? or where shall I see my good?

Christian Standard Bible®
where then is my hope?Who can see any hope for me?

Hebrew Names Version
Where then is my hope? As for my hope, who shall see it?

Lexham English Bible
where then is my hope? And who will see my hope?

Literal Translation
And where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?

Young's Literal Translation
And where [is] now my hope? Yea, my hope, who doth behold it?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
What helpeth then my longe tarienge? Or, who wil fulfill the thinge, that I loke for?

New American Standard Bible
Where then is my hope? And who looks at my hope?

New King James Version
Where then is my hope? As for my hope, who can see it?

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Where now is my hope? And who regards my hope?

Legacy Standard Bible
Where now is my hope?And who beholds my hope?

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you. ¹¹ My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. ¹² They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness. ¹³ If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness. ¹⁴ I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. ¹⁵ And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? ¹⁶ They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

my hope: Job 4:6, Job 6:11, Job 13:15, Job 19:10

Reciprocal: Job 7:6 - without hope Lamentations 3:18 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 17:5
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

Genesis 32:28
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

2 Samuel 12:25
And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the Lord .

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And where [is] now my hope?.... Not the grace of hope, which was in his heart; and though it might sometimes be low in exercise, it could not be lost; it is an anchor, sure and steadfast, and is one of the graces that always abides, and never disappoints and makes ashamed; nor the object of hope, eternal glory and happiness in another world, that is laid up in heaven, and for which he was looking and waiting by faith; but his hope of outward happiness, and of being restored to his former state of prosperity, or a better, which his friends encouraged him to; this had no place in him, nor did he see any reason to cherish it; all ground and foundation of it was removed, as he apprehended; there was nothing on which he could build such an hope as that, see Job 6:11;

as for my hope, who shall see it? that is, which his friends would have him hope for, a line house, a large estate, a numerous family, honour and respect among men, long life, and an abundance of outward peace and happiness; this he was firmly persuaded he should never see, being just going into the grave, nor his friends that suggested these things to him, nor anybody else; though indeed what he himself truly hoped for might be rightly thus described, being things not seen by the eye of the body, nor by carnal sense and reason, but are the invisible glories and realities of another world, for "hope that is seen is not hope", c. Romans 8:24 but Job does not design these, but the former.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And where is now my hope? - What hope have I of life? What possibility is there of my escape from death?

Who shall see it? - That is, who will see any hopes that I may now cherish fulfilled. If I cherish any, they will be disappointed, and no one will see them accomplished.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 17:15. And where is now my hope? — In the circumstances in which I am found, of what use can hope be? Were I to form the expectation of future good, who could ever see it realized? Is it then any wonder that I should complain and bemoan my wretched lot?