Job 17:13

Job Says To His Friends: I'M Still Wiser Than You

¹² “They make night into day, saying,
‘The light is near,’ in the presence of darkness.
¹³ “If I look for Sheol as my home,
I make my bed in the darkness;
¹⁴ If I call to the pit, ‘You are my father’;
To the worm, ‘my mother and my sister’;

In the Darkness

Hades

Job

Sheol

Job 3:13

“For now I would have lain down and been quiet;
I would have slept then, I would have been at rest,

Job 10:21-22

Before I go—and I shall not return—
To the land of darkness and deep shadow,

Job 14:14

“If a man dies, will he live again?
All the days of my struggle I will wait
Until my change comes.

Job 17:1

“My spirit is broken, my days are extinguished,
The grave is ready for me.

Job 30:23

“For I know that You will bring me to death
And to the house of meeting for all living.

Psalm 27:14

Wait for the Lord;
Be strong and let your heart take courage;
Yes, wait for the Lord.

Psalm 139:8

If I ascend to heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.

Isaiah 57:2

He enters into peace;
They rest in their beds,
Each one who walked in his upright way.

Lamentations 3:25-26

The Lord is good to those who wait for Him,
To the person who seeks Him.