Job 17:16
Will hope go down with me to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”
Free Bible Version
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
15So then where is my hope? Can anyone see any hope for me?
Cross References
Job 3:17There in the grave the wicked give no more trouble, and those whose strength is gone have their rest.
Job 20:11Though the wicked have bodies that are young and strong, they will die and be buried.
Psalms 88:4I'm counted among the dying; a man with no strength.
Isaiah 38:17It was definitely for my own good I went through this bitter experience. You in your love saved me from the pit of destruction and you have forgiven all my sins.
Jonah 2:6I sank down to the base of the mountains; the earth barred me in forever. But you, my Lord, my God, brought me back up from the abyss.
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 →