Job 17:13
If the only home I hope for is Sheol; 1 and if I have spread my couch in the darkness; 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
In Context
12These people, these mockers, change the night into day; 1 light is near to darkness. 1
Cross References
Job 6:11What is my strength, that I should try to wait? 1 What is my end, that I should prolong my life? 1
Job 10:22the land that is as dark as midnight, 1 the land of the shadow of death, without any order, 1 where the light is like midnight.'”
Job 17:1My spirit is consumed, and my days are over; 1 the grave is ready for me. 1
Psalms 27:14Wait for Yahweh; 1 be strong, and let your heart be courageous! 1 Wait for Yahweh!
Ecclesiastes 12:5That will be the time when men become afraid of heights 2 and of dangers along on the road, 1 and when the almond tree blossoms, 2 and when grasshoppers drag themselves along, 2 and when natural desires fail. 1 Then man goes to his eternal home 2 and the mourners go down the streets. 1
Lamentations 3:25Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the one who seeks 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 →