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12 They change the night into day:
The light, say they, is near [a]unto the darkness.
13 If I [b]look for Sheol as my house;
If I have spread my couch in the darkness;
14 If I have said to [c]corruption, Thou art my father;
To the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister;

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Footnotes

  1. Job 17:12 Or, because of
  2. Job 17:13 Or, hope, Sheol is my house; I have spread . . . I have said . . . And where now is my hope?
  3. Job 17:14 Or, the pit

12 turn night into day;(A)
    in the face of the darkness light is near.(B)
13 If the only home I hope for is the grave,(C)
    if I spread out my bed(D) in the realm of darkness,(E)
14 if I say to corruption,(F) ‘You are my father,’
    and to the worm,(G) ‘My mother’ or ‘My sister,’

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