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Job 17:13

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If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
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  1. Job 10:21–22Rank 1 from verse 13
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    21Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

    22A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

  2. Isaiah 57:2Rank 2 from verse 13
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    2He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.

  3. Job 14:14Rank 3 from verse 13
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    14If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

  4. Job 17:1Rank 4 from verse 13
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    1MY breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.

  5. Job 3:13Rank 5 from verse 13
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    13For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

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Job 17:13

COMBINED MEANING

wait

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Sense 1: To remain in expectation or readiness. Sense 2: To attend or serve. Sense 3: As a noun, an ambush or concealed watch.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

grave

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Sense 1: The place of the dead or of burial; a tomb, burial place, or pit. Sense 2: To cut, carve, or engrave. Sense 3: As an adjective, serious, sober, dignified, or worthy of respect.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

house

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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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bed

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Sense 1: A place for rest or sleep. Sense 2: The marriage bed or a place in which something lies. As a verb, to place or lie in a bed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

darkness

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Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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12They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

13If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

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14I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

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