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Job 17

Job 17:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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If I wait
qavah (Hebrew #6960)
to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect
KJV usage: gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).
Pronounce: kaw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
, the grave
sh'owl (Hebrew #7585)
from 7592; Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
KJV usage: grave, hell, pit.
Pronounce: sheh-ole'
Origin: or shol {sheh-ole'}
is mine house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
: I have made
raphad (Hebrew #7502)
to spread (a bed); by implication, to refresh
KJV usage: comfort, make (a bed), spread.
Pronounce: raw-fad'
Origin: a primitive root
my bed
yatsuwa` (Hebrew #3326)
spread, i.e. a bed; (architecture) an extension, i.e. wing or lean-to (a single story or collectively)
KJV usage: bed, chamber, couch.
Pronounce: yaw-tsoo'-ah
Origin: passive participle of 3331
in the darkness
choshek (Hebrew #2822)
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
KJV usage: dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
Pronounce: kho-shek'
Origin: from 2821
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More on:

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Bed; Bedstead,
Darkness,
Grave,
House

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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If I wait.
Job 14:14• 14If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. (Job 14:14)
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Psa. 27:14• 14Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord. (Psa. 27:14)
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Lam. 3:25‑26• 25The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
 26It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord. (Lam. 3:25‑26)
the grave.
Job 17:1• 1My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me. (Job 17:1)
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Job 10:21‑22• 21Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
 22A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness. (Job 10:21‑22)
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Job 30:23• 23For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living. (Job 30:23)
I have made.
Psa. 139:8• 8If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. (Psa. 139:8)
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Isa. 57:2• 2He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness. (Isa. 57:2)
• The dark outlook toward the grave (vers. 13-16). (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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