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Job 17

Job 17:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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They shall go down
yarad (Hebrew #3381)
a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications): --X abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, X indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
Pronounce: yaw-rad'
to the bars
bad (Hebrew #905)
properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as an adverb, apart, only, besides
KJV usage: alone, apart, bar, besides, branch, by self, of each alike, except, only, part, staff, strength.
Pronounce: bad
Origin: from 909
f of the pit
sh'owl (Hebrew #7585)
from 7592; Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
KJV usage: grave, hell, pit.
Pronounce: sheh-ole'
Origin: or shol {sheh-ole'}
, when our rest
Nachath (Hebrew #5183)
a descent, i.e. imposition, unfavorable (punishment) or favorable (food); also (intransitively; perhaps from 5117), restfulness
KJV usage: lighting down, quiet(-ness), to rest, be set on.
Pronounce: nakh'-ath
Origin: from 5182
g together
yachad (Hebrew #3162)
properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
KJV usage: alike, at all (once), both, likewise, only, (al-)together, withal.
Pronounce: yakh'-ad
Origin: from 3161
is in the dust
`aphar (Hebrew #6083)
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
KJV usage: ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
Pronounce: aw-fawr'
Origin: from 6080
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Jonah 2:6• 6I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The bars of the earth closed upon me for ever: But thou hast brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God. (Jonah 2:6)
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Job 3:17‑19• 17There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the wearied are at rest.
 18The prisoners together are at ease; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
 19The small and great are there, and the bondman freed from his master. (Job 3:17‑19)

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Cross References

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the bars of the pit.
Job 18:13‑14• 13The firstborn of death devoureth the members of his body; it will devour his members.
 14His confidence shall be rooted out of his tent, and it shall lead him away to the king of terrors: (Job 18:13‑14)
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Job 33:18‑28• 18He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from passing away by the sword.
 19He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and with constant strife in his bones;
 20And his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty food;
 21His flesh is consumed away from view, and his bones that were not seen stick out;
 22And his soul draweth near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.
 23If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his duty;
 24Then he will be gracious unto him, and say, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
 25His flesh shall be fresher than in childhood; he shall return to the days of his youth.
 26He shall pray unto +God, and he will receive him with favour; and he shall see his face with shoutings, and he will render unto man his righteousness.
 27He will sing before men, and say, I have sinned, and perverted what was right, and it hath not been requited to me;
 28He hath delivered my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall see the light. (Job 33:18‑28)
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Psa. 88:4‑8• 4I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no strength:
 5Prostrate among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave; whom thou rememberest no more, and who are cut off from thy hand.
 6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, in the deeps.
 7Thy fury lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
 8Thou hast put my familiar friends far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. (Psa. 88:4‑8)
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Psa. 143:7• 7Answer me speedily, O Jehovah; my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, or I shall be like unto them that go down into the pit. (Psa. 143:7)
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Isa. 38:17‑18• 17Behold, instead of peace I had bitterness upon bitterness; but thou hast in love delivered my soul from the pit of destruction; for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
 18For not Sheol shall praise thee, nor death celebrate thee; they that go down into the pit do not hope for thy truth. (Isa. 38:17‑18)
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Jonah 2:6• 6I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The bars of the earth closed upon me for ever: But thou hast brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God. (Jonah 2:6)
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Job 3:17‑19• 17There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the wearied are at rest.
 18The prisoners together are at ease; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
 19The small and great are there, and the bondman freed from his master. (Job 3:17‑19)
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Ezek. 37:11• 11And 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! (Ezek. 37:11)
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2 Cor. 1:9• 9But we ourselves had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not have our trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead; (2 Cor. 1:9)

J. N. Darby Translation

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It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, when our rest shall be together in the dust.