Job 17:13 · KJV
“If I wait, the grave {is} mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.”
— Job 17:13
They change the night into day: the light {is} short because of darkness. {short: Heb. near}
I have said to corruption, Thou {art} my father: to the worm, {Thou art} my mother, and my sister. {said: Heb. cried, or, called}
Job 17 — Context
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, {even} the thoughts of my heart. {the thoughts: Heb. the possessions}
12They change the night into day: the light {is} short because of darkness. {short: Heb. near}
13If I wait, the grave {is} mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
14I have said to corruption, Thou {art} my father: to the worm, {Thou art} my mother, and my sister. {said: Heb. cried, or, called}
15And where {is} now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
Cross References
Job 10:21-22
Before I go {whence} I shall not return, {even} to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
Job 3:13
For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
Lamentations 3:25-26
The LORD {is} good unto them that wait for him, to the soul {that} seeketh him.
Psalms 27:14
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Job 17:1
My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves {are ready} for me. {breath...: or, spirit is spent}
Job 30:23
For I know {that} thou wilt bring me {to} death, and {to} the house appointed for all living.
Isaiah 57:2
He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, {each one} walking {in} his uprightness. {enter into: or, go in} {in his...: or, before him}
Psalms 139:8
If I ascend up into heaven, thou {art} there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou {art there}.