Job 17:13
When I hope for the nether world as my house; in the darkness have I spread my couch;
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
In Context
12These would change the night into day, the light as near in the presence of darkness.—
14When I call to corruption, Thou art my father: Thou art my mother, and my sister, to the worms.
Cross References
Job 6:11What is my strength, that I should wait? and what my end, that I should yet longer retain my patience?
Job 10:22A land of utter gloom, as of the darkness of the shadow of death, without any order, and the light of which is like utter gloom.
Job 17:1My spirit is broken, my days are cut short, the grave is ready for me.
Psalms 27:14Wait on the Lord; be strong, and let thy heart be of good courage; and only wait on the Lord.
Ecclesiastes 12:5Also when men will be afraid of every elevation, and are terrified on every way, and the almond-tree will refuse [its blossom], and the locust will drag itself slowly along, and the desire will gainsay compliance; because man goeth to his eternal home, and the mourners go about the streets;
Lamentations 3:25The Lord is good unto those that hope in him, to the soul that seeketh 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 →