King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
If I wait, the grave [is] mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
Complete Jewish Bible:
"If I hope for Sh'ol to be my house; if I spread my couch in the dark;
Berean Standard Bible:
If I look for Sheol as 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;
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
If I wait{H6960}, the grave{H7585} is mine house{H1004}: I have made{H7502} my bed{H3326} in the darkness{H2822}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Psalms 139:8
- If I ascend up into heaven, thou [art] there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou [art there].
Psalms 27:14
- Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Job 17:1
- ¶ My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves [are ready] for me.
Job 14:14
- If a man die, shall he live [again]? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
Lamentations 3:25
- The LORD [is] good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.
Lamentations 3:26
- [It is] good that [a man] should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
Job 3:13
- For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
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Commentary for Job 17:13
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H6960
There are 45 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: קָוָה
Transliteration: qâvâh
Pronunciation: kaw-vaw'
Description: a primitive root; to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect; gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon). - Strong's Number: H7585
There are 63 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שְׁאוֹל
Transliteration: shᵉʼôwl
Pronunciation: sheh-ole'
Description: or שְׁאֹל; from שָׁאַל; Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates; grave, hell, pit. - Strong's Number: H1004
There are 1718 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: בַּיִת
Transliteration: bayith
Pronunciation: bah'-yith
Description: probably from בָּנָה 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). - Strong's Number: H7502
There are 3 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רָפַד
Transliteration: râphad
Pronunciation: raw-fad'
Description: a primitive root; to spread (a bed); by implication, to refresh; comfort, make (a bed), spread. - Strong's Number: H3326
There are 8 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: יָצוּעַ
Transliteration: yâtsûwaʻ
Pronunciation: yaw-tsoo'-ah
Description: passive participle of יַצַע; spread, i.e. a bed; (architecture) an extension, i.e. wing or lean-to (a single story or collectively); bed, chamber, couch. - Strong's Number: H2822
There are 77 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: חֹשֶׁךְ
Transliteration: chôshek
Pronunciation: kho-shek'
Description: from חָשַׁךְ; the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness; dark(-ness), night, obscurity.