King James Version
Job 17:16 in the King James Version says “They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.” — study this verse from Job chapter 17 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.”
Job 17:16 · KJV
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. said: Heb. cried, or, called
And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“to the bars”
H905properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with preposit
“of the pit”
H7585hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
“They shall go down”
H3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“when our rest”
H5183a descent, i.e., imposition, unfavorable (punishment) or favorable (food)
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