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Job 17:14

Death and loss

12 They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.

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

and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’

15 where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?

16 Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”

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BSB
and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
KJV
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
WEB
if I have said to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘My sister,’
ASV
If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister;
DARBY
I cry to the grave, Thou art my father! to the worm, My mother, and my sister!
BLB
[if] to the Pit I call out, ‘You are My father,’ or to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister’—
ÅB
roper til graven: Du er min far, til makken: Du er min mor og min søster,
OTB
Jeg roper til graven, ‘Du er min far’;
Til marken, ‘min mor og min søster.’
B1930
roper til graven: Du er min far, til makken: Du er min mor og min søster,

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