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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;{HR}The bars of the earth closed upon me forever:{HR}But thou hast brought up my life from the pit,{HR}O Jehovah my God.{HR} (Jonah 2:6)
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Job 3:17‑19• 17There the wicked cease from raging,{HR}And there the weary are at rest;
 18Together rest the prisoners;{HR}They hear not the taskmaster’s voice;
 19Small and great are there the same;{HR}And free the slave from his master. (Job 3:17‑19)

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Dust,
Pit,
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Cross References

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the bars of the pit.
Job 18:13‑14• 13The first-born of death devoureth the parts of his skin —{HR}Devoureth his parts.
 14His confidence shall be torn out of his tent,{HR}And shall march him off to the king of terrors; (Job 18:13‑14)
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Job 33:18‑28• 18He keepeth back his soul from corruption,{HR}And his life from passing away by the dart.
 19He is also chastised with pains on his bed,{HR}And the strife of his bones [is] lasting.
 20And his life loatheth bread,{HR}And his soul meat of desire.
 21His flesh wasteth out of sight,{HR}And his bones that were not seen stand out,
 22And his soul draweth near to corruption,{HR}And his life to the destroyers.
 23If there be by him a messenger,{HR}An interpreter, one of a thousand,{HR}To declare to man his uprightness;
 24And he is gracious to him, and saith,{HR}Deliver him from going down to corruption:{HR}I have found a ransom.
 25His flesh [is] fresher than childhood,{HR}He returneth to the days of his youth.
 26He supplicateth God [Eloah],{HR}And he accepteth him.{HR}And he shall see his face with rejoicing,{HR}And he requiteth to mortal man his righteousness.
 27He singeth before mortals, and saith,{HR}I sinned and perverted right, and it satisfied me not.
 28He ransomed my soul from passing to corruption,{HR}And my life looketh on the light. (Job 33:18‑28)
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Psa. 88:4‑8• 4I am counted with those that descend to the pit,{HR}I am as a man without strength:
 5Among the dead free, as the slain that lie in the grave,{HR}Whom thou rememberest no more,{HR}And they are cut off from thy hand.
 6Thou hast laid me in the pit of abysses,{HR}In dark places, in depths.
 7Thy wrath lieth hard upon me,{HR}And thou hast afflicted [me] with all thy breakers. Selah.
 8Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me,{HR}Thou hast made me abomination to them:{HR}[I am] shut up and cannot come forth. (Psa. 88:4‑8)
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Psa. 143:7• 7Hasten, answer me, Jehovah: my spirit faileth;{HR}Hide not thy face from me,{HR}And I shall not be like [those that] go down to the pit. (Psa. 143:7)
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Isa. 38:17‑18• 17Behold, for peace I had bitterness on 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 Sheol doth not 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;{HR}The bars of the earth closed upon me forever:{HR}But thou hast brought up my life from the pit,{HR}O Jehovah my God.{HR} (Jonah 2:6)
rest.
Job 3:17‑19• 17There the wicked cease from raging,{HR}And there the weary are at rest;
 18Together rest the prisoners;{HR}They hear not the taskmaster’s voice;
 19Small and great are there the same;{HR}And free the slave from his master. (Job 3:17‑19)
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Ezek. 37:11• 11Then 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. (Ezek. 37:11)
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2 Cor. 1:9• 9But we ourselves have had in ourselves the sentence of death, that we should not have our trust in ourselves, but in God that raiseth 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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To the bars of Sheol it goeth down,{HR}When at the same time [is] rest on the dust.