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The Book of Job, Chapter 17, Verse 13

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They change the night into day: the light [is] short because of darkness.
King James Version
If I wait, the grave [is] mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
American Standard Version
If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness;
New English Translation
If I hope for the grave to be my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
World English Bible
If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness,
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I have said to corruption, Thou [art] my father: to the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister.
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And where [is] now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
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They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when [our] rest together [is] in the dust.
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Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
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How long [will it be ere] ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
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Wherefore are we counted as beasts, [and] reputed vile in your sight?
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He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
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Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
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The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
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The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.