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Job 17:16 — King James Version← Study notes

They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.


Job 17:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 17:168 words
HebrewMeaning
בַּדֵּ֣יbadēy
the poles ofnounH905
apart · bar · besides · branch ···
שְׁאֹ֣לšəʾōl
SheolnounH7585
hell · pit
תֵּרַ֑דְנָהtēradənāh
will they go down?verbH3381
abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···
אִםʾim
or?conjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
יַ֖חַדyaḥad
togetheradvH3162
at all · both · likewise · only ···
עַלʿal
topronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
עָפָ֣רʿāpār
the dustnounH6083
dust · earth · ground · morter ···
נָֽחַתnāḥat
lighting downnounH5183
quiet · to rest · be set on
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 17:16

All of mine shall descend into the lowest hell. Whereas it appears that among those below the righteous are held bound not in places of punishment, but in the bosom of tranquillity above, an important question springs up before us, why it is that blessed Job declares, saying, All of mine shall descend into the lowest hell; who even if before the Advent of the Mediator between God and man he had to descend into hell, yet it is plain that into the lowest hell he had not to…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 13 §52
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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