Job 17:13
If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
KJV
Si sustinuero, infernus domus mea est, et in tenebris stravi lectulum meum.
Vulgate
ἐὰν γὰρ ὑπομείνω, ᾅδης μου ὁ οἶκος, ἐν δὲ γνόφῳ ἔστρωταί μου ἡ στρωμνή.
LXX
If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness;
ASV
אִם אֲ֭קַוֶּה שְׁא֣וֹל בֵּיתִ֑/י בַּ֝/חֹ֗שֶׁךְ רִפַּ֥דְתִּי יְצוּעָֽ/י
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
חֹ֔שֶׁךְ
chshk
noun · 80×
י
y
noun · 11×
קַוֵּ֥ה
qvh
verb · 48×
רִפַּ֥דְתִּי
rpdty
verb · 3×
שְׁא֣וֹל
sh'vl
verb · 66×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Eccl 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
- Job 10:21 — Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
- Job 17:1 — My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
- Ps 49:14 — Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.