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12 They make night into day;
    “The light”, they say, “is near to the darkness.”[a]
13 If I look for Sheol as my house,
    if I spread my couch 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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Footnotes

  1. Job 17:12 Meaning of Heb 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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