Job 17:16
With me to hades, would they go down, If, wholly—into the dust, is the descent!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 would be my hope? And, as for my blessedness, who should see it!
Cross References
Job 3:17There, the lawless, cease from raging, and there the toil-worn are at rest:
Job 20:11His bones, are full of youthful vigour, yet, with him—in the dust, shall it lie down.
Psalms 88:4I am counted with them who descend into the pit, I have become as a man that is without help;
Isaiah 38:17Lo! for well-being, I had bitterness—bitterness,—But, thou, cleaving unto my soul, hast raised me from the pit of corruption, For thou hast cast, behind thy back all my sins.
Jonah 2:6To the roots of the mountains, went I down, As for the earth, her bars, were about me, age-abidingly,—Then didst thou bring up—out of the pit—my life, O Yahweh my God.
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 →