Treasury of Scripture Knowledge If I wait hell is my house, and I have made my bed in darkness. If I wait Job 14:14 Shall man that is dead, thinkest thou, live again? all the days in which I am now in warfare, I expect until my change come. Psalm 27:14 Expect the Lord, do manfully, and let thy heart take courage, and wait thou for the Lord. Lamentations 3:25,26 Teth. The Lord is good to them that hope in him, to the soul that seeketh him. . . . the grave. Job 17:1 My spirit shall be wasted, my days shall be shortened and only the grave remaineth for me. Job 10:21,22 Before I go and return no more, to a land that is dark and covered with the mist of death: . . . Job 30:23 I know that thou wilt deliver me to death, where a house is appointed for every one that liveth. I have made Psalm 139:8 If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present. Isaiah 57:2 Let peace come, let him rest in his bed that hath walked in his uprightness. Context Job Prepares for Death…12They have turned night into day, and after darkness I hope for light again. 13If I wait hell is my house, and I have made my bed in darkness.14I have said to rottenness: Thou art my father; to worms, my mother and my sister.… Cross References Job 3:13 For now I should have been asleep and still, and should have rest in my sleep: Job 7:9 As a cloud is consumed, and passeth away: so he that shall go down to hell shall not come up. Job 17:12 They have turned night into day, and after darkness I hope for light again. Ecclesiastes 12:5 And they shall fear high things, and they shall be afraid in the way, the almond tree shall flourish, the locust shall be made fat, and the caper tree shall be destroyed: because man shall go into the house of his eternity, and the mourners shall go round about in the street. Lexicon Ifאִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not I look אֲ֭קַוֶּה (’ă·qaw·weh) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 6960: To bind together, collect, to expect for Sheol שְׁא֣וֹל (šə·’ō·wl) Noun - common singular Strong's Hebrew 7585: Underworld (place to which people descend at death) as my home, בֵּיתִ֑י (bê·ṯî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house if I spread out רִפַּ֥דְתִּי (rip·paḏ·tî) Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 7502: To spread, to refresh my bed יְצוּעָֽי׃ (yə·ṣū·‘āy) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 3326: Spread, a bed, an extension, wing, lean-to in darkness, בַּ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְ (ba·ḥō·šeḵ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2822: The dark, darkness, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness Additional Translations If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,If I wait, the grave is my house: I have made my bed in the darkness. If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness; For if I remain, Hades is my habitation: and my bed has been made in darkness. If I wait, Sheol is my house; I spread my bed in the darkness: If I look for Sheol as mine house; if I have spread my couch in the darkness; If I wait, the grave is my house: I have made my bed in the darkness. If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness, If I wait -- Sheol is my house, In darkness I have spread out my couch. Jump to Previous Bed Couch Dark Darkness Grave Home Hope House Nether-World Sheol Spread Underworld Wait WaitingJump to Next Bed Couch Dark Darkness Grave Home Hope House Nether-World Sheol Spread Underworld Wait WaitingExternal Links Job 17:13 NIVJob 17:13 NLT Job 17:13 ESV Job 17:13 NASB Job 17:13 ASV Job 17:13 Bible Apps Job 17:13 Biblia Paralela Job 17:13 Chinese Bible Job 17:13 French Bible Job 17:13 German Bible Alphabetical: as bed darkness for grave home hope I If in is look make my only out Sheol spread the OT Poetry: Job 17:13 If I look for Sheol as my (Jb) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |