Job 17:16
בַּדֵּי שְׁאֹל תֵּרַדְנָה אִם ־ יַחַד עַל ־ עָפָר נָֽחַת ׃ ס
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
15וְאַיֵּה אֵפוֹ תִקְוָתִי וְתִקְוָתִי מִי יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה ׃
Cross References
Job 3:17שָׁם רְשָׁעִים חָדְלוּ רֹגֶז וְשָׁם יָנוּחוּ יְגִיעֵי כֹֽחַ ׃
Job 20:11עַצְמוֹתָיו מָלְאוּ עלומו וְעִמּוֹ עַל ־ עָפָר תִּשְׁכָּֽב ׃
Psalms 88:4כִּֽי ־ שָֽׂבְעָה בְרָעוֹת נַפְשִׁי וְחַיַּי לִשְׁאוֹל הִגִּֽיעוּ ׃
Isaiah 38:17הִנֵּה לְשָׁלוֹם מַר ־ לִי מָר וְאַתָּה חָשַׁקְתָּ נַפְשִׁי מִשַּׁחַת בְּלִי כִּי הִשְׁלַכְתָּ אַחֲרֵי גֵוְךָ כָּל ־ חֲטָאָֽי ׃
Jonah 2:6אֲפָפוּנִי מַיִם עַד ־ נֶפֶשׁ תְּהוֹם יְסֹבְבֵנִי סוּף חָבוּשׁ לְרֹאשִֽׁי ׃
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 →