13 Though I hope, [a]yet the grave shall be mine house, and I shall make my bed in the dark.

14 I shall say to corruption, Thou art my [b]father, and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister.

15 Where is then now mine hope? or who shall consider the thing that I hoped for?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 17:13 Though I should hope to come from adversity to prosperity, as your discourse pretendeth.
  2. Job 17:14 I have no more hope in father, mother, sister, or any worldly thing: for the dust and worms shall be to me instead of them.

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