12 They make night into day, saying,
‘The light is near,’ in the presence of darkness.
13 If I hope for [a](A)Sheol as my home,
I [b]make my bed in the darkness;
14 If I call to the (B)grave, ‘You are my father’;
To the (C)maggot, ‘my mother and my sister’;

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Footnotes

  1. Job 17:13 I.e., the netherworld
  2. Job 17:13 Lit spread out

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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