Job 17:16
All that I have shall go down into the deepest pit: thinkest thou that there at least I shall have rest?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
In Context
15Where is now then my expectation, and who considereth my patience?
Cross References
Job 3:17There the wicked cease from tumult, and there the wearied in strength are at rest.
Job 20:11His bones shall be filled with the vices of his youth, and they shall sleep with him in the dust.
Psalms 88:4For my soul is filled with evils: and my life hath drawn nigh to hell.
Isaiah 38:17Behold in peace is my bitterness most bitter: but thou best delivered my soul that it should not perish, thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
Jonah 2:6The waters compassed me about even to the soul: the deep hath closed me round about, the sea hath covered my head.
Matthew Henry on Job 17:11-16
Job Reproves His Three Friends; Vanity of Worldly Expectations. ( b. c. 1520.) 10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you. 11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. 12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness. 13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness. 14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. 15 And where is now… Read the whole commentary →