Job 17:13
If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
King James Version
In Context
12They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
14I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
Cross References
Job 6:11What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
Job 10:22A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
Job 17:1My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
Psalms 27:14Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Ecclesiastes 12:5Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
Lamentations 3:25The LORD is good unto them that wait for 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 →