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12 They (A)make night into day:
    ‘The light,’ they say, ‘is near to the darkness.’[a]
13 If I hope for (B)Sheol as (C)my house,
    if I make my bed in darkness,
14 if I say to the pit, ‘You are my father’,
    and to the worm, ‘My mother’, or ‘My sister’,

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  1. Job 17:12 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

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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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.

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