Verse 16

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 3:17-19 : 17 There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest. 18 Together the prisoners are at ease; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. 19 The small and the great are there, and the servant is free from his masters.
  • Jonah 2:6 : 6 The waters engulfed me up to my neck; the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.
  • 2 Cor 1:9 : 9 Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened so that we would not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.
  • Job 18:13-14 : 13 It devours parts of his skin; death's firstborn consumes his limbs. 14 He is uprooted from the security of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors.
  • Job 33:18-28 : 18 He keeps his soul back from the pit and his life from perishing by the sword. 19 A person is also chastened with pain on their bed and continual aching in their bones. 20 Their life begins to loathe food, and their soul rejects even the most desirable meal. 21 Their flesh wastes away so that it can no longer be seen, and their bones, once hidden, now stick out. 22 Their soul draws near to the pit, and their life to the messengers of death. 23 But if there is a messenger for them, a mediator, one among a thousand, to declare to them what is right, 24 and He is gracious to them, saying, 'Deliver them from going down to the pit; I have found a ransom,' 25 then their flesh is restored to be fresher than in youth, and they return to the days of their youthful vigor. 26 They pray to God, and He accepts them; they see His face with joy, and He restores His righteousness to them. 27 They sing before others and say, 'I have sinned and perverted what was right, but it was not repaid to me.' 28 He redeemed my soul from going down to the pit, and my life will see the light.
  • Ps 88:4-8 : 4 For my soul is filled with troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. 5 I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like a man without strength. 6 Abandoned among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, cut off from your care. 7 You have placed me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths. 8 Your wrath weighs heavily upon me, and you have overwhelmed me with all your waves. Selah.
  • Ps 143:7 : 7 Answer me quickly, Lord, for my spirit is fading. Do not hide your face from me, or I will be like those who go down to the pit.
  • Isa 38:17-18 : 17 Indeed, it was for my peace that I had great bitterness; but You, in Your love, delivered my soul from the pit of destruction. You have cast all my sins behind Your back. 18 For Sheol cannot thank You, death cannot praise You. Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
  • Ezek 37:11 : 11 Then He said to me, 'Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They say, “Our bones are dried up, our hope is gone, and we are cut off.”'