Job 17:16 · KJV
“They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when {our} rest together {is} in the dust.”
— Job 17:16
Job 17 — Context
Cross References
Job 3:17-19
There the wicked cease {from} troubling; and there the weary be at rest. {weary: Heb. wearied in strength}
Jonah 2:6
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars {was} about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God. {bottoms: Heb. cuttings off} {corruption: or, the pit}
Ezekiel 37:11
Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
Psalms 88:4-8
I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man {that hath} no strength:
Job 33:18-28
He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword. {from perishing: Heb. from passing}
Job 18:13-14
It shall devour the strength of his skin: {even} the firstborn of death shall devour his strength. {strength: Heb. bars}
Isaiah 38:17-18
Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul {delivered it} from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. {for peace...: or, on my peace came great bitterness} {thou hast in...: Heb. thou hast loved my soul from the pit}
Psalms 143:7
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. {lest...: or, for I am become like, etc}