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12 They turn night into day;
    light is near because of the darkness.
13 If I hope for the underworld[a] as my dwelling,
    lay out my bed in darkness,
14     I’ve called corruption “my father,”
    the worm, “my mother and sister.”

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  1. Job 17:13 Heb Sheol

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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