Job 17:13
Job · Old Testament · Chapter 17
“If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.”Job 17:13
What Does Job 17:13 Mean?
Job 17:13 is found in the book of Job, chapter 17, verse 13 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 17 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (17)
These passages are connected to Job 17:13 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Ecclesiastes 12:5“Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:”Psalms 49:14“Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.”Job 10:21“Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;”Job 17:1“My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.”Genesis 3:19“In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.”Job 3:13“For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,”Job 14:10“But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?”Job 14:14“If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.”Job 30:23“For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.”Job 33:22“Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.”Job 36:20“Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.”Psalms 27:14“Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.”Psalms 139:8“If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.”Ecclesiastes 3:20“All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.”Isaiah 14:11“Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.”Isaiah 57:2“He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.”Lamentations 3:25“The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.”
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