Job 17:16

God's Word

Will hope go down with me to the gates of the grave? Will my hope rest with me in the dust?”

Cross References

Job 18:1

Then Bildad from Shuah replied ⌞to Job⌟,

Job 20:11

His bones, once full of youthful vigor, will lie down with him in the dust.

Job 21:33

The soil in the creekbed is sweet to him. Everyone follows him. Countless others went before him.

Job 7:6

My days go swifter than a weaver’s shuttle. They are spent without hope.

Job 7:9

As a cloud fades away and disappears, so a person goes into the grave and doesn’t come back again.

Psalm 143:7

Answer me quickly, O Lord. My spirit is worn out. Do not hide your face from me, or I will be like those who go into the pit.

Ezekiel 37:11

The Lord also said to me, “Son of man, all the people of Israel are like these bones. The people say, ‘Our bones are dry, and our hope has vanished. We are completely destroyed.’

Jonah 2:6

I sank to the foot of the mountains. I sank to the bottom, where bars held me forever. But you brought me back from the pit, O Lord, my God.

2 Corinthians 1:9

In fact, we still feel as if we’re under a death sentence. But we suffered so that we would stop trusting ourselves and learn to trust God, who brings the dead back to life.