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Job 17:16
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KJ21
It shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.”
ASV
It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, When once there is rest in the dust.
AMP
“Will my hope go down with me to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead)? Shall we go down together in the dust?”
AMPC
[My hope] shall go down to the bars of Sheol (the unseen state) when once there is rest in the dust.
BRG
They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
CSB
Will it go down to the gates of Sheol, or will we descend together to the dust?
CSBA
Will it go down to the gates of Sheol, or will we descend together to the dust?
CEB
Will they go down with me to the underworld; will we descend together to the dust?
CJB
Only those who go down with me to the bars of Sh’ol, when we rest together in the dust.”
CEV
Will it keep me company in the world of the dead?
DARBY
It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, when [our] rest shall be together in the dust.
DRA
All that I have shall go down into the deepest pit: thinkest thou that there at least I shall have rest?
ERV
Will hope go down with me to the place of death? Will we go down into the dirt together?”
EASY
When I go to the world of dead people, all my hope will have finished. Everything that I had hoped for will lie with me in the dust.’
EHV
Will it go down with me to the barred gates of the grave? Will we rest in the dust together?
ESV
Will it go down to the bars of Sheol? Shall we descend together into the dust?”
ESVUK
Will it go down to the bars of Sheol? Shall we descend together into the dust?”
EXB
Will hope go down to the gates of ·death [L Sheol; 17:13]? Will we go down together into the dust?”
GNV
They shall go down into the bottom of the pit: surely it shall lie together in the dust.
GW
Will hope go down with me to the gates of the grave? Will my hope rest with me in the dust?”
GNT
Hope will not go with me when I go down to the world of the dead.
HCSB
Will it go down to the gates of Sheol, or will we descend together to the dust?
ICB
Hope will go down to the gates of death. We will go down together into the dust.”
ISV
Will it go down to the bars that lock the doors of the afterlife? Will we descend together into the dust?”
JUB
They shall go down to the bars of Sheol, and together they shall rest in the dust.
KJV
They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
AKJV
They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
LSB
Will it go down with me to Sheol? Shall we together go down into the dust?”
LEB
Will they go down to the bars of Sheol? Or shall we descend together into the dust?”
TLB
No, my hope will go down with me to the grave. We shall rest together in the dust!”
MSG
“Maybe you’d all like to start over, to try it again, the bunch of you. So far I haven’t come across one scrap of wisdom in anything you’ve said. My life’s about over. All my plans are shattered, all my hopes are snuffed out— My hope that night would turn into day, my hope that dawn was about to break. If all I have to look forward to is a home in the graveyard, if my only hope for comfort is a well-built coffin, If a family reunion means going six feet under, and the only family that shows up is worms, Do you call that hope? Who on earth could find any hope in that? No. If hope and I are to be buried together, I suppose you’ll all come to the double funeral!”
MEV
Will they go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we descend together in the dust?”
NOG
Will hope go down with me to the gates of the grave? Will my hope rest with me in the dust?”
NABRE
Will they descend with me into Sheol? Shall we go down together into the dust?
NASB
Will it go down with me to Sheol? Shall we together go down into the dust?”
NASB1995
“Will it go down with me to Sheol? Shall we together go down into the dust?”
NCB
Will they accompany me to the netherworld? Will we descend together into the dust?”
NCV
Will hope go down to the gates of death? Will we go down together into the dust?”
NET
Will it go down to the barred gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?”
NIRV
Will hope go down to the gates of death with me? Will we go down together into the dust of the grave?”
NIV
Will it go down to the gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?”
NIVUK
Will it go down to the gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?’
NKJV
Will they go down to the gates of Sheol? Shall we have rest together in the dust?”
NLV
Will it go down with me to the place of the dead? Will we go down together into the dust?”
NLT
No, my hope will go down with me to the grave. We will rest together in the dust!”
NRSVA
Will it go down to the bars of Sheol? Shall we descend together into the dust?’
NRSVACE
Will it go down to the bars of Sheol? Shall we descend together into the dust?’
NRSVCE
Will it go down to the bars of Sheol? Shall we descend together into the dust?”
NRSVUE
Will it go down to the bars of Sheol? Shall we descend together into the dust?”
OJB
Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Shall we go down together into the dust?
RGT
“It shall go down into the bottom of the pit. Surely they shall lie together in the dust.”
RSV
Will it go down to the bars of Sheol? Shall we descend together into the dust?”
RSVCE
Will it go down to the bars of Sheol? Shall we descend together into the dust?”
TLV
Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we descend together into the dust?”
VOICE
Will hope go with me to the place of death? Will hope accompany me into the ground?
WEB
Shall it go down with me to the gates of Sheol, or descend together into the dust?”
WYC
All my things shall go down into [the] deepest hell; guessest thou, whether rest shall be to me, namely there. (All my thoughts shall go down into Sheol; thinkest thou, that there shall be any rest for me there?)
YLT
[To] the parts of Sheol ye go down, If together on the dust we may rest.
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