Job 17:13
If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
In Context
12They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.
14and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
Cross References
Job 6:11What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?
Job 10:22to a land of utter darkness, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”
Job 17:1“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.
Psalms 27:14Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!
Ecclesiastes 12:5when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels—for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.
Lamentations 3:25The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks 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 →