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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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  1. Job 17:12 Heb obscure

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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