Job 17:16

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Will it go down to the bars of Sheol? Shall we descend together into the dust?”

Cross References

Jonah 2:6

at the roots of the mountains. I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me for ever; yet thou didst bring up my life from the Pit, O Lord my God.

2 Corinthians 1:9

Why, we felt that we had received the sentence of death; but that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead;

Ezekiel 37:11

Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.’

Psalm 143:7

Make haste to answer me, O Lord! My spirit fails! Hide not thy face from me, lest I be like those who go down to the Pit.

Job 7:6

My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and come to their end without hope.

Job 7:9

As the cloud fades and vanishes, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come up;

Job 18:1

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:

Job 21:33

The clods of the valley are sweet to him; all men follow after him, and those who go before him are innumerable.

Job 20:11

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