NET Bible
"If I hope for the grave to be my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,"
— Job 17:13, NET Bible
“If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.”
“If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness; ”
“If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness,”
“If I wait hell is my house, and I have made my bed in darkness.”
“If I am waiting for the underworld as my house, if I have made my bed in the dark;”
“If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.”
Anticipation of Death“But turn, all of you, and come now! I will not find a wise man among you.
My days have passed, my plans are shattered, even the desires of my heart.
These men change night into day; they say,‘The light is near in the face of darkness.’
If I hope for the grave to be my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
If I cry to corruption,‘You are my father,’ and to the worm,‘My mother,’ or‘My sister,’
where then is my hope? And my hope, who sees it?
Will it go down to the barred gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?”