King James Version
Job 17:13 in the King James Version says “If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.” — study this verse from Job chapter 17 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.”
Job 17:13 · KJV
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. the thoughts: Heb. the possessions
They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness. short: Heb. near
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. said: Heb. cried, or, called
And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
KJV Study — Public Domain
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“If I wait”
H6960to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e., collect; (figuratively) to expect
“the grave”
H7585hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
“is mine house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“in the darkness”
H2822the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
“my bed”
H3326spread, i.e., a bed; (architecture) an extension, i.e., wing or lean-to (a single story or collectively)
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