Job 17:13
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"Ifאִם־
(im-)
518: ifa prim. conjunction
I lookאֲ֭קַוֶּה
(a·kav·veh)
6960a: to wait fora prim. root
for Sheolשְׁאֹ֣ול
(she·'o·vl)
7585: underworld (place to which people descend at death)of uncertain derivation
as my home,בֵּיתִ֑י
(bei·ti;)
1004: a housea prim. root
I makeרִפַּ֥דְתִּי
(rip·pad·ti)
7502: to spreada prim. root
my bedיְצוּעָֽי׃
(ye·tzu·'ai.)
3326: a couch, bedpass. part. of yatsa
in the darkness;בַּ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְ
(ba·cho·shech)
2822: darkness, obscurityfrom chashak


















KJV Lexicon
If I wait
qavah  (kaw-vaw')
to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect -- gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).
the grave
sh'owl  (sheh-ole')
Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates -- grave, hell, pit.
is mine house
bayith  (bah'-yith)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
I have made
raphad  (raw-fad')
to spread (a bed); by implication, to refresh -- comfort, make (a bed), spread.
my bed
yatsuwa`  (yaw-tsoo'-ah)
spread, i.e. a bed; (architecture) an extension, i.e. wing or lean-to (a single story or collectively) -- bed, chamber, couch.
in the darkness
choshek  (kho-shek')
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness -- dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"If I look for Sheol as my home, I make my bed in the darkness;

King James Bible
If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If I await Sheol as my home, spread out my bed in darkness,

International Standard Version
"If my hope were that my house is the afterlife itself, if I were to make my bed in darkness,

NET Bible
If I hope for the grave to be my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
If I look for the grave as my home and make my bed in the darkness,

King James 2000 Bible
If I wait, the grave is my house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
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