Job 17:13
If I wait, Sheol is mine bais; 1 I have made my bed in the choshech. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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 change the lailah into yom; 1 the ohr is near to choshech, say they. 1
14I have said to Shachat, thou art avi; 1 to the worm, thou art immi, and achoti. 1
Cross References
Job 6:11What is my koach, that I should wait? 1 And what is mine end, that I should make patient my nefesh? 1
Job 10:22An eretz of darkness, like darkness itself; 1 and of tzalmavet, no sedarim (order), 1 where the light is like darkness.
Job 17:1My ruach is broken, 1 my yamim are extinct, 1 the kevarim are ready for me. 1
Psalms 27:14Wait for Hashem: Chazak! 1 And strengthen thine lev. 1 Wait, I say, for Hashem.
Ecclesiastes 12:5Also when they shall be afraid of height, and fears shall be in the derech, and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper drags himself along, and desire shall fail; because haAdam goeth to his bais olam (eternal home), and the mourners go about the streets;
Lamentations 3:25Hashem is tov unto them that wait for Him, 1 to the nefesh that seeketh Him. 1
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 →