Job 17:16
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 17:16 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 17:16 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 17:16 — KJV
“They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.”
— Job 17:16 (KJV)
Job 17:16 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 17:16
“What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?”
Shares key themes with Job 17:16: down, pit, dust
“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. bottoms: Heb. cuttings off corruption: or, the pit”
Shares key themes with Job 17:16: down, bars, pit
“I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.”
Shares key themes with Job 17:16: down, together
“And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.”
Shares key themes with Job 17:16: down, pit
“And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up. very...: Heb. good of countenance”
Shares key themes with Job 17:16: down, pit
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