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Job 17:13–14
r | Ec. 12:5 (Heb.). |
† | Heb. cried, or, called. |
Job 17:13–14 — The New International Version (NIV)
13 If the only home I hope for is the grave,
if I spread out my bed in the realm of darkness,
14 if I say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’
and to the worm, ‘My mother’ or ‘My sister,’
Job 17:13–14 — English Standard Version (ESV)
13 If I hope for Sheol as my house,
if I make my bed in darkness,
14 if I say to the pit, ‘You are my father,’
and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
Job 17:13–14 — New Living Translation (NLT)
13 What if I go to the grave
and make my bed in darkness?
14 What if I call the grave my father,
and the maggot my mother or my sister?
Job 17:13–14 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
13 If I wait for the grave as my house,
If I make my bed in the darkness,
14 If I say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’
And to the worm, ‘You are my mother and my sister,’
Job 17:13–14 — New Century Version (NCV)
13 If the only home I hope for is the grave,
if I spread out my bed in darkness,
14 if I say to the grave, ‘You are my father,’
and to the worm, ‘You are my mother’ or ‘You are my sister,’
Job 17:13–14 — American Standard Version (ASV)
13 If I look for Sheol as my house;
If I have spread my couch in the darkness;
14 If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father;
To the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister;
Job 17:13–14 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
13 If I wait, Sheol is my house; I spread my bed in the darkness: 14 I cry to the grave, Thou art my father! to the worm, My mother, and my sister!
Job 17:13–14 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
13 If I look for the grave as my home
and make my bed in the darkness,
14 if I say to the pit, ‘You are my father,’
and to the worm, ‘You are my mother and sister,’
Job 17:13–14 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
13 If I await Sheol as my home,
spread out my bed in darkness,
14 and say to corruption: You are my father,
and to the maggot: My mother or my sister,
Job 17:13–14 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
13 If I look for Sheol as my house,
if I spread my couch in darkness,
14 if I say to the Pit, ‘You are my father,’
and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
Job 17:13–14 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
13 If I hope for Sheol as my house,
if I spread my couch in the darkness,
14 if I call to the pit, ‘You are my father,’
to the maggot, ‘You are my mother or my sister,’
Job 17:13–14 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
13 Suppose the only home I can hope for is a grave.
And suppose I make my bed in the darkness of death.
14 Suppose I say to the grave,
‘You are like a father to me.’
And suppose I say to its worms,
‘You are like a mother or sister to me.’
Job 17:13–14 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
13 “If I look for Sheol as my home,
I make my bed in the darkness;
14 If I call to the pit, ‘You are my father’;
To the worm, ‘my mother and my sister’;
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