Job 17:15
Job · איוב · Ketuvim · 42 chapters · 1070 verses
Values above are for the complete verse (6 words), calculated on the consonantal written text.
אִם־אֲקַוֶּה שְׁאוֹל בֵּיתִי בַּחֹשֶׁךְ רִפַּדְתִּי יְצוּעָֽי
If I look for the nether-world as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness;
לַשַּׁחַת קָרָאתִי אָבִי אָתָּה אִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי לָֽרִמָּֽה
If I have said to corruption: ‘Thou art my father’, To the worm: ‘Thou art my mother, and my sister’;
וְאַיֵּה אֵפוֹ תִקְוָתִי וְתִקְוָתִי מִי יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה
Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?
בַּדֵּי שְׁאֹל תֵּרַדְנָה אִם־יַחַד עַל־עָפָר נָֽחַת
They shall go down to the bars of the nether-world, When we are at rest together in the dust.
וַיַּעַן בִּלְדַּד הַשֻּׁחִי וַיֹּאמַֽר
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said: