Job 17:16
Job · Old Testament · Chapter 17
“They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.”Job 17:16
What Does Job 17:16 Mean?
Job 17:16 is found in the book of Job, chapter 17, verse 16 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 12 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (12)
These passages are connected to Job 17:16 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Job 3:17“There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.”Jonah 2:6“I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.”Job 18:13“It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.”Job 33:18“He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.”Psalms 88:4“I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:”Psalms 143:7“Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.”Isaiah 38:17“Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.”Ezekiel 37:11“Then 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.”Job 21:33“The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.”Job 33:28“He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.”Ezekiel 28:8“They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.”2 Corinthians 1:9“But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:”
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