Job 17:13

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Job 17:13


← Job 17:12 Job 17:13 (KJV) Job 17:14 →
They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

If I waitH6960, the graveH7585 is mine houseH1004: I have madeH7502 my bedH3326 in the darknessH2822.


Original Hebrew

אִם־אֲקַוֶּה שְׁאֹול בֵּיתִי בַּחֹשֶׁךְ רִפַּדְתִּי יְצוּעָי׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
אִם
'im- H518 HC if
אֲ֭קַוֶּה
'A.ka.veh H6960 HVpi1cs I will hope for
שְׁא֣וֹל
she.'ol H7585 HNp Sheol
בֵּיתִ֑/י
bei.T/i H1004 HNcmsc/Sp1cs home/ my
בַּ֝/חֹ֗שֶׁךְ
ba./Cho.shekh H2822 HRd/Ncmsa in the/ darkness
רִפַּ֥דְתִּי
ri.Pad.ti H7502 HVpp1cs I have spread out
יְצוּעָֽ/י
ye.tzu.'A/i H3326 HNcmpc/Sp1cs beds/ my
Strong's References
  • H1004 — בַּיִת (bayith, bah'-yith): probably from בָּנָה (bânâh) H1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).
  • H2822 — חֹשֶׁךְ (chôshek, kho-shek'): from חָשַׁךְ (châshak) H2821; the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness; dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
  • H3326 — יָצוּעַ (yâtsûwaʻ, yaw-tsoo'-ah): passive participle of יַצַע (yatsaʻ) H3331; spread, i.e. a bed; (architecture) an extension, i.e. wing or lean-to (a single story or collectively); bed, chamber, couch.
  • H6960 — קָוָה (qâvâh, kaw-vaw'): a primitive root; to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect; gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).
  • H7502 — רָפַד (râphad, raw-fad'): a primitive root; to spread (a bed); by implication, to refresh; comfort, make (a bed), spread.
  • H7585 — שְׁאוֹל (shᵉʼôwl, sheh-ole'): or שְׁאֹל (shᵉʼôl); from שָׁאַל (shâʼal) H7592; Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates; grave, hell, pit.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H518 — אִם (ʼim, eem): a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not; (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), though, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] unless, [phrase] verily, when, whereas, whether, while, [phrase] yet.
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Verse Cross-References

Reciprocal references (8): Genesis 3:19, Job 14:10, Job 33:22, Job 36:20, Psalms 49:14, Ecclesiastes 3:20, Ecclesiastes 12:5, Isaiah 14:11

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