11 My (A)days are past; my plans are broken off,
    the desires of my heart.
12 They (B)make night into day:
    ‘The light,’ they say, ‘is near to the darkness.’[a]
13 If I hope for (C)Sheol as (D)my house,
    if I make my bed in darkness,

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Footnotes

  1. Job 17:12 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

11 My days have passed,(A) my plans are shattered.
    Yet the desires of my heart(B)
12 turn night into day;(C)
    in the face of the darkness light is near.(D)
13 If the only home I hope for is the grave,(E)
    if I spread out my bed(F) in the realm of darkness,(G)

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