Job 17:13 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

If I wait -- Sheol [is] my house, In darkness I have spread out my couch.

English ASV

If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness;

English Amplified

But if I look to Sheol (the unseen state) as my abode, if I spread my couch in the darkness,

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

But if I look to Sheol (the unseen state) as my abode, if I spread my couch in the darkness,

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

If I await Sheol as my home, spread out my bed in darkness,

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

If I wait, Sheol is my house; I spread my bed in the darkness:

English EASY 2024

The only home that I hope to go to is my grave. I will lie down to sleep there in the dark.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

"I might hope for the grave to be my new home. I might hope to make my bed in the dark grave.

If I hope for Sheol as my house, if I make my bed in darkness,

English GNT (Good News Translation)

My only hope is the world of the dead, where I will lie down to sleep in the dark.

English God's Word - GW 1995

If I look for the grave as my home and make my bed in the darkness,

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

If I await Sheol as my home, spread out my bed in darkness,

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

If I hope for Sheol as my home, I make my bed in the darkness;

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

If I wait, the grave is my house; I have made my bed in the darkness.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"If I look for Sheol as my home, I make my bed in the darkness;

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

If I look for the nether world as my dwelling, if I spread my couch in the darkness,

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

If I hope for the grave to be my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Suppose the only home I can hope for is a grave. And suppose I make my bed in the darkness of death.

English NIV

If the only home I hope for is the grave, if I spread out my bed in darkness,

English NKJ 1982

If I wait for the grave as my house, If I make my bed in the darkness,

English NLT

I might go to the grave and make my bed in darkness.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

If I look for Sheol as my house, if I spread my couch in darkness,

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

If I look for Sheol as my house, if I spread my couch in darkness,

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

“If I die, I go out into darkness, and call the

English Tyndale 1537

Though I tarry never so much, yet the grave is my house, and I must make my bed in the dark.

Job 17:13 — Compare Translations