Job 17:13
What am I looking for? To make my home in Sheol, to make my bed in darkness?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
In Context
12They turn night into day, and say that daylight is close to darkness.
14Should I call the grave my father, and the maggot my mother or my sister?
Cross References
Job 6:11Why should I go on waiting when I don't have the strength? Why should I keep going when I don't know what is going to happen to me?
Job 10:22the land of total darkness where death's shadow lies, a place of chaos where light itself is darkness.”
Job 17:1“My spirit is crushed; my life is extinguished; the grave is ready for me.
Psalms 27:14Trust in the Lord! Be confident—he will give you courage! Trust in the Lord!
Ecclesiastes 12:5Before you develop a fear of heights and worry about going out on the streets; when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper crawls along, and desire fails, for everyone has to go to their eternal home as the mourners go up and down the street.
Lamentations 3:25The Lord is good to those who trust in him, to anyone who seeks to follow him.
Matthew Henry on Job 17:11-16
Job Reproves His Three Friends; Vanity of Worldly Expectations. ( b. c. 1520.) 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… Read the whole commentary →