Job

Job 17:13–14

¹³If I look for Sheol as my home,

if I spread out my bed in darkness,

¹⁴and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’

and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
If	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
I look	אֲ֭קַוֶּה	’ă·qaw·weh	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular	H6960 wait for
for Sheol	שְׁא֣וֹל	šə·’ō·wl	Noun - common singular	H7585 underworld
as my home	בֵּיתִ֑י	bê·ṯî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H1004 house
if I spread out	רִפַּ֥דְתִּי	rip·paḏ·tî	Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular	H7502 spread
my bed	יְצוּעָֽי׃	yə·ṣū·‘āy	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H3326 couch, bed
in darkness	בַּ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְ	ba·ḥō·šeḵ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2822 darkness, obscurity

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
and say	קָ֭רָאתִי	qā·rā·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
to corruption	לַשַּׁ֣חַת	laš·ša·ḥaṯ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H7845 pit
You	אָ֑תָּה	’āt·tāh	Pronoun - second person masculine singular	H859 thou
my father	אָ֣בִי	’ā·ḇî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H1 father
and to the worm	לָֽרִמָּֽה׃	lā·rim·māh	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H7415 worm
My mother	אִמִּ֥י	’im·mî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H517 mother
or	וַ֝אֲחֹתִ֗י	wa·’ă·ḥō·ṯî	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H269 sister
My sister	וַ֝אֲחֹתִ֗י	wa·’ă·ḥō·ṯî	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H269 sister

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 17:13 Job 10:21–22

Job 17:14 Psalm 16:10

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.