Job 17:16
Will they go down with me to Hades, 1 Or shall we go down together to the tomb?
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 then is yet my hope? 1 Or where shall I see my good? 1
Cross References
Job 3:17There the ungodly have burned out the fury of rage; 1 There the wearied in body rest. 1
Job 20:11His bones have been filled with vigor of his youth, 1 And it shall lie down with him in the dust. 1
Psalms 88:4I made a covenant with my chosen ones, 1 I swore unto David my servant. 1
Isaiah 38:17For thou hast chosen my soul, that it should not perish: and thou hast cast all my sins behind me.
Jonah 2:6Water was poured around me to the soul: 1 The lowest deep compassed me, 1 My head went down
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 →