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Job 17:13

אִם ־ אֲקַוֶּה שְׁאוֹל בֵּיתִי בַּחֹשֶׁךְ רִפַּדְתִּי יְצוּעָֽי ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

In Context

12לַיְלָה לְיוֹם יָשִׂימוּ אוֹר קָרוֹב מִפְּנֵי ־ חֹֽשֶׁךְ ׃

14לַשַּׁחַת קָרָאתִי אָבִי אָתָּה אִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי לָֽרִמָּֽה ׃

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Cross References

Job 6:11מַה ־ כֹּחִי כִֽי ־ אֲיַחֵל וּמַה ־ קִּצִּי כִּֽי ־ אַאֲרִיךְ נַפְשִֽׁי ׃

Job 10:22אֶרֶץ עֵיפָתָה ׀ כְּמוֹ אֹפֶל צַלְמָוֶת וְלֹא סְדָרִים וַתֹּפַע כְּמוֹ ־ אֹֽפֶל ׃ פ

Job 17:1רוּחִי חֻבָּלָה יָמַי נִזְעָכוּ קְבָרִים לִֽי ׃

Psalms 27:14קַוֵּה אֶל ־ יְהוָה חֲזַק וְיַאֲמֵץ לִבֶּךָ וְקַוֵּה אֶל ־ יְהוָֽה ׃

Ecclesiastes 12:5גַּם מִגָּבֹהַּ יִרָאוּ וְחַתְחַתִּים בַּדֶּרֶךְ וְיָנֵאץ הַשָּׁקֵד וְיִסְתַּבֵּל הֶֽחָגָב וְתָפֵר הָֽאֲבִיּוֹנָה כִּֽי ־ הֹלֵךְ הָאָדָם אֶל ־ בֵּית עוֹלָמוֹ וְסָבְבוּ בָשּׁוּק הַסֹּפְדִֽים ׃

Lamentations 3:25טוֹב יְהוָה לְקֹוָו לְנֶפֶשׁ תִּדְרְשֶֽׁנּוּ ׃

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 →

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