Job 17:16
Douay-Rheims
All that I have shall go down into the deepest pit: thinkest thou that there at least I shall have rest?
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
They--namely, my hopes shall be buried with me. bars-- (Isa 38:10). Rather, the wastes or solitudes of the pit (sheol, the unseen world). rest together--the rest of me and my hope is in, &c. Both expire together. The word "rest" implies that man's ceaseless hopes only rob him of rest. Next: Job Chapter 18
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1871 · Job 17:16
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