Job 17
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Job 17:13-16

13IfH518 I hopeH6960 for 12SheolH7585 as my homeH1004, I 3makeH7502 my bedH3326 in the darknessH2822;14If I callH7121 to the 4graveH7845, ‘You are my fatherH1’; To the 5maggotH7415, ‘my motherH517 and my sisterH269’;15WhereH346 thenH645 is 6my hopeH8615? And whoH4310 looksH7789 atH7789 my hopeH8615?167Will it goH3381 downH3381 with me to SheolH7585? Shall we togetherH3162 8goH5181 downH5181 into the dustH6083?”

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Notes

  1. 1. Job 17:13 I.e., the netherworld ↩
  2. 2. Job 17:13 Job 3:13 ↩
  3. 3. Job 17:13 Lit spread out ↩
  4. 4. Job 17:14 Job 7:5; 13:28; 30:30 ↩
  5. 5. Job 17:14 Job 21:26; 25:6 ↩
  6. 6. Job 17:15 Job 7:6 ↩
  7. 7. Job 17:16 As in LXX; Heb possibly Let my limbs sink down to Sheol, since there is rest in the dust for all. ↩
  8. 8. Job 17:16 Job 3:17; 21:33 ↩

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