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13 If I hope for the underworld[a] as my dwelling,
    lay out my bed in darkness,
14     I’ve called corruption “my father,”
    the worm, “my mother and sister.”
15     Where then is my hope?
        My hope—who can see it?

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  1. Job 17:13 Heb Sheol

13 If the only home I hope for is the grave,(A)
    if I spread out my bed(B) in the realm of darkness,(C)
14 if I say to corruption,(D) ‘You are my father,’
    and to the worm,(E) ‘My mother’ or ‘My sister,’
15 where then is my hope—(F)
    who can see any hope for me?(G)

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