Job 17:13
If I look for Sheol as my house,if I have spread my couch in the darkness,
New Heart English 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 night into day,saying 'The light is near' in the presence of darkness.
14If I have said to corruption, 'You are my father;'to the worm, 'My mother,' and 'my sister;'
Cross References
Job 6:11What is my strength, that I should wait?What is my end, that I should be patient?
Job 10:22the land dark as midnight,of the shadow of death,without any order,where the light is as midnight.'"
Job 17:1"My spirit is consumed.My days are extinct,And the grave is ready for me.
Psalms 27:14Wait for the Lord.Be strong, and let your heart take courage.Yes, wait for the Lord.
Ecclesiastes 12:5yes, they shall be afraid of heights,and terrors will be in the way;and the almond tree shall blossom,and the grasshopper shall be a burden,and desire shall fail;because man goes to his everlasting home,and the mourners go about the streets:
Lamentations 3:25The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks 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 →