Job 17

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
13If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness;

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
ifאִם־'im-H0518A
if

אִם (im) : if/whether_or/though 1) if 1a) conditional clauses 1a1) of possible situations 1a2) of impossible situations 1b) oath contexts 1b1) no, not 1c) if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or 1d) when, whenever 1e) since 1f) interrogative particle 1g) but rather

I will hope forאֲ֭קַוֶּה'A-ka-vehH6960A
to await

קָוָה (qa.vah) 1) to wait, look for, hope, expect 1a) (Qal) waiting (participle) 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to wait or look eagerly for 1b2) to lie in wait for 1b3) to wait for, linger for

Sheolשְׁא֣וֹלshe-'olH7585
hell: Sheol

שְׁאוֹל (she.ol) Sheol, underworld, grave, hell, pit 1a) the underworld 1b) Sheol-the OT designation for the abode of the dead 1b1) place of no return 1b2) without praise of God 1b3) wicked sent there for punishment 1b4) righteous not abandoned to it 1b5) of the place of exile (fig) 1b6) of extreme degradation in sin

home myבֵּיתִ֑יbei-TIH1004B
to lodge

בִּית (but) (P'al) to pass the night, lodge Aramaic of ba.yit (בַּ֫יִת ": home" H1004B)

in the darknessבַּ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְba-CHO-shekhH2822
darkness

חֹ֫שֶׁךְ (cho.shekh) 1) darkness, obscurity 1a) darkness 1b) secret place

I have spread outרִפַּ֥דְתִּיri-PAD-tiH7502
to spread

רָפַד (ra.phad) 1) to spread 1a) (Qal) to spread 1b) (Piel) to spread out, support

beds myיְצוּעָֽי׃ye-tzu-'AIH3326A
bed

יָצוּעַ (ya.tsu.a) couch, bed

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.