Verse Comparison: Job 17:16
American Standard Version
It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, When once there is rest in the dust.
Amplified® Bible
[My hope] shall go down to the bars of Sheol (the unseen state) when once there is rest in the dust.
Contemporary English Version
Will it keep me company in the world of the dead?
Darby English Version
It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, when [our] rest shall be together in the dust.
Good News Bible
Hope will not go with me when I go down to the world of the dead.
King James Version
They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
New American Standard Bible
"Will it go down with me to Sheol? Shall we together go down into the dust?"
New International Version
Will it go down to the gates of death ?
Will we descend together into the dust?"
New King James Version
Will they go down to the gates of Sheol?
Shall we have rest together in the dust?”
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Will it go down with me to Sheol? Shall we together go down into the dust?"
Revised Standard Version
Will it go down to the bars of Sheol?
Shall we descend together into the dust?"
Young's Literal Translation
`To' the parts of Sheol ye go down, If together on the dust we may rest.
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