Job 17:13
Strong's Lexicon
If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: 1) if 1a) conditional clauses 1a1) of possible situations 1a2) of impossible situations 1b) oath contexts 1b1) no, not 1c) if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or 1d) when, whenever 1e) since 1f) interrogative particle 1g) but rather

I look
אֲ֭קַוֶּה (’ă·qaw·weh)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6960: 1) to wait, look for, hope, expect 1a) (Qal) waiting (participle) 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to wait or look eagerly for 1b2) to lie in wait for 1b3) to wait for, linger for 2) to collect, bind together 2a) (Niphal) to be collected

for Sheol
שְׁא֣וֹל (šə·’ō·wl)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7585: 1) sheol, underworld, grave, hell, pit 1a) the underworld 1b) Sheol-the OT designation for the abode of the dead 1b1) place of no return 1b2) without praise of God 1b3) wicked sent there for punishment 1b4) righteous not abandoned to it 1b5) of the place of exile (fig) 1b6) of extreme degradation in sin

as my home,
בֵּיתִ֑י (bê·ṯî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: nm 1) house 1a) house, dwelling habitation 1b) shelter or abode of animals 1c) human bodies (fig.) 1d) of Sheol 1e) of abode of light and darkness 1f) of land of Ephraim 2) place 3) receptacle 4) home, house as containing a family 5) household, family 5a) those belonging to the same household 5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body 6) household affairs 7) inwards (metaph.) 8) (TWOT) temple adv 9) on the inside prep 10) within

if I spread out
רִפַּ֥דְתִּי (rip·paḏ·tî)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7502: 1) to spread 1a) (Qal) to spread 1b) (Piel) to spread out, support

my bed
יְצוּעָֽי׃ (yə·ṣū·‘āy)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3326: 1) couch, bed

in darkness,
בַּ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְ (ba·ḥō·šeḵ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2822: 1) darkness, obscurity 1a) darkness 1b) secret place

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,

Young's Literal Translation
If I wait—Sheol [is] my house, In darkness I have spread out my couch.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If I await Sheol as my  home, spread out my  bed in  darkness,

New American Standard Bible
"If I look for Sheol as my home, I make my bed in the darkness;

King James Bible
If I wait, the grave [is] mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
If the only home I hope for is the grave, if I spread out my bed in the realm of darkness,

New Living Translation
What if I go to the grave and make my bed in darkness?

English Standard Version
If I hope for Sheol as my house, if I make my bed in darkness,

New American Standard Bible
"If I look for Sheol as my home, I make my bed in the darkness;

King James Bible
If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If I await Sheol as my home, spread out my bed in darkness,

International Standard Version
"If my hope were that my house is the afterlife itself, if I were to make my bed in darkness,

NET Bible
If I hope for the grave to be my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,

American Standard Version
If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness;

English Revised Version
If I look for Sheol as mine house; if I have spread my couch in the darkness;

Young's Literal Translation
If I wait -- Sheol is my house, In darkness I have spread out my couch.
















Cross References
Job 3:13
For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

Job 7:9
As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.

Job 17:12
They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

Ecclesiastes 12:5
Also 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:

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 17:11
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

Job 17:10
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.

Job 17:14
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

Job 17:15
And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

Job 17:16
They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
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