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Job 17:16 KJV
Job · chapter 17 · verse 16
They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.Job 17:16 · King James Version
Job 17:16 in context
14I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
15And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
16They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- togetheryachadproperly, a unitH3162 →
- barsbadproperly, separationH905 →
- restNachatha descentH5183 →
- pitshᵉʼôwlHades or the world of the dead , including its accessories and inmatesH7585 →
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Job's friends had pretended to comfort him with the hopes of his return to a prosperous estate again; now he here shows, I. That it was their folly to talk so (Job 17:10): "Return, and come now, be convinced that you are in an error, and let me persuade you to be of my mind;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-16