If a man dies, would he live again? All the days of my struggle I wait, till my change comes.
Job 17:13 - The Scriptures 2009 If I wait – She’ol is my house, I shall make my bed in darkness, Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But if I look to Sheol (the unseen state) as my abode, if I spread my couch in the darkness, American Standard Version (1901) If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness; Common English Bible If I hope for the underworld as my dwelling, lay out my bed in darkness, Catholic Public Domain Version If I should wait, the underworld is my house, and in darkness I have spread out my bed. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If I wait hell is my house: and I have made my bed in darkness. |
If a man dies, would he live again? All the days of my struggle I wait, till my change comes.
“My spirit has been broken, my days have been extinguished, burial-sites are for me.
They would turn night into day, saying that light is near, in the presence of darkness!
For now I would have been lying in peace. I would have slept – then I would have been at rest,
For I have known that You bring me to death, and to the house of appointment for all living.
What strength do I have, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should prolong my life?
The cloud fades and vanishes away, so he who goes down to She’ol does not come up.
If I go up into the heavens, You are there; If I make my bed in She’ol, see, You are there.
Wait on יהוה, be strong, And let Him strengthen your heart! Wait, I say, on יהוה!
furthermore, they are afraid of what is high, and of low places in the way; and the almond tree blossoms, and the grasshopper becomes a burden, and desire perishes. For man is going to his everlasting home, and the mourners shall go about the streets.
he enters into peace. They who walk in integrity rest on their beds.