Job 17:16

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

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  • 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.”'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 17:15
    81%

    15then where is my hope? And who can see any hope for me?

  • Job 21:26
    78%

    26They lie down together in the dust, and worms cover them.

  • Job 14:12-14
    3 verses
    75%

    12so man lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, people will not awake or be roused from their sleep.

    13If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If you would set me a time and then remember me!

    14If someone dies, will they live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal to come.

  • Ps 141:7
    75%

    7As one plows the earth and breaks it apart, so are our bones scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

  • Job 17:13
    75%

    13If I hope for Sheol as my home, and I make my bed in darkness,

  • Job 17:1
    73%

    1My spirit is broken, my days have faded away, and the grave is ready for me.

  • Isa 14:15
    73%

    15But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the depths of the pit.

  • Job 21:32
    73%

    32He is carried to the graves, and a watch is kept over his tomb.

  • Ps 30:9
    73%

    9To You, O LORD, I call; to the Lord I plead for mercy:

  • Isa 38:18
    72%

    18For Sheol cannot thank You, death cannot praise You. Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

  • Job 3:17
    72%

    17There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.

  • Job 20:11
    72%

    11The youthful vigor that filled his bones will lie down with him in the dust.

  • Job 7:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so one who goes down to the grave does not return.

    10He will never come back to his house; his place will know him no more.

  • Ps 63:9
    72%

    9My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.

  • Job 7:21
    71%

    21Why do you not pardon my offenses and forgive my sins? For I will soon lie down in the dust; you will search for me, but I will be no more.

  • Ps 88:4-6
    3 verses
    71%

    4For my soul is filled with troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.

    5I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like a man without strength.

    6Abandoned among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, cut off from your care.

  • Isa 14:19
    71%

    19but you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, clothed with the slain, those pierced by the sword, who go down to the stones of the pit, like a corpse trampled underfoot.

  • Ezek 31:17
    71%

    17They too went down to Sheol with it, to join the slain by the sword, along with its supporters who had lived in its shadow among the nations.

  • Job 3:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    21To those who long for death, but it does not come, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures.

    22Who rejoice exceedingly and are glad when they find the grave.

  • Isa 38:10
    71%

    10I said, "In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol; I am deprived of the rest of my years."

  • Prov 1:12
    71%

    12Like Sheol, we will swallow them alive, whole, like those who go down to the pit;

  • Isa 26:19
    71%

    19Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.

  • Jonah 2:6
    71%

    6The waters engulfed me up to my neck; the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.

  • Ezek 26:20
    70%

    20'then I will bring you down with those who descend to the pit, to the people of old. I will make you dwell in the lower parts of the earth, among the ruins of antiquity, along with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be lived in again. And I will display my glory in the land of the living.'

  • Ps 49:14-15
    2 verses
    70%

    14This is their fate, their foolish confidence. And yet, after them, people approve their words. Selah.

    15Like sheep, they are appointed for Sheol; Death will shepherd them. The upright will rule over them in the morning, and their form will decay in the grave, far from lofty dwellings.

  • Eccl 3:20
    70%

    20All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return.

  • Job 34:15
    70%

    15all flesh would perish together, and mankind would return to dust.

  • Job 10:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

    20Are not my days few? Leave me alone, so I may have a moment of relief.

    21Before I go, never to return, to a land of darkness and deep shadow.

  • Eccl 12:7
    70%

    7And the dust returns to the earth as it once was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

  • Ps 49:19
    70%

    19Though he blesses himself during his lifetime, and people praise you when you prosper,

  • Job 21:13
    70%

    13They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment they go down to Sheol.

  • Job 33:22
    70%

    22Their soul draws near to the pit, and their life to the messengers of death.

  • Ps 44:25
    69%

    25Why do You hide Your face and forget our misery and oppression?

  • Job 16:22
    69%

    22For only a few years will come, and the path I take will never return.

  • Job 7:4
    69%

    4When I lie down, I think, 'When will I get up?' But the night drags on, and I am filled with tossing till dawn.

  • Ezek 32:23
    69%

    23Their graves are set in the depths of the pit, and her company is all around her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, spreading terror in the land of the living.

  • Ps 6:5
    69%

    5Return, LORD! Rescue my soul; save me because of Your steadfast love.

  • Amos 9:2
    69%

    2'If they dig down to the depths of Sheol, from there My hand will take them. If they climb up to the heavens, from there I will bring them down.'

  • Ps 55:15
    69%

    15We used to share close communion together; we walked with the crowd in the house of God.

  • Ps 143:3
    69%

    3For the enemy has pursued me, crushing my life to the ground and making me dwell in darkness, like those long dead.

  • Isa 29:4
    69%

    4You will be brought low; from the ground you will speak, and your words will come in a muffled way from the dust. Your voice will sound like that of a ghost from the earth, and your speech will whisper from the dust.

  • Lam 3:6
    69%

    6He has made me dwell in dark places, like those long dead.