Job 17:13
Yea, I look to the grave as my home; I have made my bed in darkness.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
In Context
12Night hath become day to me; The light bordereth on darkness.
14I say to the pit, Thou art my father! And to the worm, My mother! and, My sister!
Cross References
Job 6:11What is my strength, that I should hope? And what mine end, that I should be patient?
Job 10:22The land of darkness like the blackness of death-shade, Where is no order, and where the light is as darkness.
Job 17:1My breath is exhausted; My days are at an end; The grave is ready for me.
Psalms 27:14Be of good courage; let thy heart be strong; Hope thou in the LORD!
Ecclesiastes 12:5when also they are afraid of that which is high, and terrors are in the way, and the almond is despised, and the locust is a burden, and the caper-berry is powerless; since man goeth to his eternal home, and the mourners go about the streets;—
Lamentations 3:25Jehovah is good to them that trust 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 →