KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Job 17:13 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.”
What does this verse really mean? Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. Use this reference information to gain deeper insight into the Bible and enrich your understanding. Information based on Strong's Exhaustive Concordance[1].
| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “If” | אִם | Used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not | If |
| “I wait,” | אֲ֭קַוֶּה | To bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e., collect; (figuratively) to expect | wait |
| “the grave” | שְׁא֣וֹל | Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates | grave |
| “is” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “mine house:” | בֵּיתִ֑י | A house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) | house |
| “I have made” | רִפַּ֥דְתִּי | To spread (a bed); by implication, to refresh | made |
| “my bed” | יְצוּעָֽי׃ | Spread, i.e., a bed; (architecture) an extension, i.e., wing or lean-to (a single story or collectively) | bed |
| “in the darkness.” | בַּ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְ | The dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness | darkness |
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11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
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