Job 17:16
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- 36 It is natural to assume that this verse continues the interrogative clause of the preceding verse.
- 37 The plural form of the verb probably refers to the two words, or the two senses of the word in the preceding verse. Hope and what it produces will perish with Job.
- 38 The Hebrew word בַּדִּים (baddim) describes the “bars” or “bolts” of Sheol, referring (by synecdoche) to the “gates of Sheol.” The has “with me to Sheol,” and many adopt that as “by my side.”
- 39 The conjunction אִם (’im) confirms the interrogative interpretation.
- 40 The translation follows the and the versions with the change of vocalization in the . The has the noun “rest,” yielding, “will our rest be together in the dust?” The verb נָחַת (nakhat) in Aramaic means “to go down; to descend.” If that is the preferred reading—and it almost is universally accepted here—then it would be spelled נֵחַת (nekhat). In either case the point of the verse is clearly describing death and going to the grave.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Will it go down to the bars of Sheol?
Shall we descend together into the dust?”
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Will it go down to the gates of death?
Will we descend together into the dust?”
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Will it go down to the gates of Sheol,
or will we descend together to the dust?
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NLTNew Living Translation
No, my hope will go down with me to the grave.
We will rest together in the dust!”
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Will they go down to the bars of Sheol?
Or shall we descend together into the dust?”
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KJV 1900King James Version
They shall go down to the bars of the pit,
When our rest together is in the dust.
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