Job 17:13–15

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,’

15 where then is my hope—

who can see any hope for me?

13 If I wait, the grave is mine house:

I have made my bed in the darkness.

14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father:

To the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

15 And where is now my hope?

As for my hope, who shall see it?

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?

15 Where then is my hope?

Can anyone find it?

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,’

15 Where then is my hope?

As for my hope, who can see it?

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,’

15 where, then, is my hope?

Who can see any hope for me?

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;

15 Where then is my hope?

And as for my hope, who shall see it?

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! 15 And where is then my hope? yea, my hope, who shall see it?

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,’ 

15 then where is my hope? 

Can you see any hope left in me? 

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,

15 where then is my hope?

Who can see any hope for me?

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,’

15 where then is my hope?

Who will see my hope?

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,’

15 where then is my hope?

And who will see my hope?

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.’

15 Then what hope do I have?

Who can give me any hope?

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’;

15 Where now is my hope?

And who regards my hope?