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Job 17:13

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17:13If31 I hope for the grave to be my home,

if I spread out my bed in darkness,

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Footnotes

  1. 31 The clause begins with אִם (’im) which here has more of the sense of “since.” E. Dhorme (Job, 253) takes a rather rare use of the word to get “Can I hope again” (see also §150.f for the caveat).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

If I hope for Sheol as my house,

if I make my bed in darkness,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

If the only home I hope for is the grave,

if I spread out my bed in the realm of darkness,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

If I await Sheol as my home,

spread out my bed in darkness,

NLTNew Living Translation

What if I go to the grave

and make my bed in darkness?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

If I hope for Sheol as my house,

if I spread my couch in the darkness,

KJV 1900King James Version

If I wait, the grave is mine house:

I have made my bed in the darkness.