King James Version

Job 17:13

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

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אִםimoh thatאִםconjunction — “oh that”H518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not(and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), t…אֲ֭קַוֶּהaqavehgatherקָוָהverb, piel, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “gather”, an unfinished actionH6960to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expectgather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).שְׁא֣וֹלsheolgraveשְׁאוֹלnoun, proper name — “grave”H7585Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmatesgrave, hell, pit.בֵּיתִ֑יbeytifamilyבַּיִתnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…בַּ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְbachoshekhin darkחֹשֶׁךְpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in dark”, the ordinary formH2822the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickednessdark(-ness), night, obscurity.רִפַּ֥דְתִּיripadtispreadרָפַדverb, piel, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “spread”, a completed actionH7502to spread (a bed); by implication, to refreshcomfort, make (a bed), spread.יְצוּעָֽיyetsuaybedיָצוּעַnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “bed”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3326spread, i.e. a bed; (architecture) an extension, i.e. wing or lean-to (a single story or collectively)bed, chamber, couch.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

If I look for the nether-world as my house; if I have spread my couch in the darkness;

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American Standard Version (1901)

If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness;

Young’s Literal Translation

If I wait — Sheol [is] my house, In darkness I have spread out my couch.

World English Bible

If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness,

Darby Translation

If I wait, Sheol is my house; I spread my bed in the darkness:

Douay-Rheims

If I wait hell is my house, and I have made my bed in darkness.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

If I look for the nether-world as my house; if I have spread my couch in the darkness;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For if I remain, Hades is my habitation: and my bed has been made in darkness.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐὰν γὰρ ὑπομείνω, ᾅδης μου ὁ οἶκος, ἐν δὲ γνοφῳ ἔστρωταί μου ἡ στρωμνή.