Job

Job 17:13–16

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,’

¹⁵where then is my hope?

Who can see any hope for me?

¹⁶Will it go down to the gates of Sheol?

Will we go down together into the dust?”

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

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
where	וְ֭אַיֵּה	wə·’ay·yêh	Conjunctive waw; Interrogative	H346 Where?
then	אֵפ֣וֹ	’ê·p̄ōw	Conjunction	H645 then
is my hope	תִקְוָתִ֑י	ṯiq·wā·ṯî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H8615 cord
Who	מִ֣י	mî	Interrogative	H4310 who?
can see	יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃	yə·šū·ren·nāh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H7789 behold, regard
any hope for me	וְ֝תִקְוָתִ֗י	wə·ṯiq·wā·ṯî	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H8615 cord

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Will it go down	תֵּרַ֑דְנָה	tê·raḏ·nāh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural	H3381 come or go down, descend
to the gates	בַּדֵּ֣י	bad·dê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H905 separation
of Sheol	שְׁאֹ֣ל	šə·’ōl	Noun - common singular	H7585 underworld
Will we go down	נָֽחַת׃ס	nā·ḥaṯ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural	H5181 go down, descend
together	יַ֖חַד	ya·ḥaḏ	Adverb	H3162 unitedness
into	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the dust	עָפָ֣ר	‘ā·p̄ār	Noun - masculine singular	H6083 dry earth, dust