Job 17:16 Go deeper

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

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בַּדֵּ֣יba.Dei[the] poles of

Lemma: בַּד (bad) · Strong's: H0905G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: alone: pole

Used 42 times. Also: Exodus 25:13, Exodus 25:14, Exodus 25:15, Exodus 25:27, Exodus 25:28, Exodus 27:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0905G; TAHOT Job 17:16 word 1

שְׁאֹ֣לshe.'OlSheol

Lemma: שְׁאוֹל (she.ol) · Strong's: H7585

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: hell: Sheol

Used 66 times. Also: Genesis 37:35, Genesis 42:38, Genesis 44:29, Genesis 44:31, Numbers 16:30, Numbers 16:33 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7585; TAHOT Job 17:16 word 2

תֵּרַ֑דְנָהte.Rad.nahwill they go down?

Lemma: יָרַד (ya.rad) · Strong's: H3381

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Plural (HVqi3fp)

Meaning: to go down

Used 378 times. Also: Genesis 11:5, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 12:10, Genesis 15:11, Genesis 18:21, Genesis 24:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3381; TAHOT Job 17:16 word 3

אִם\־'im-or?

Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518H

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: if: surely no

Used 109 times. Also: Genesis 14:23, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 24:33, Genesis 42:15, Leviticus 27:26, Numbers 11:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0518H; TAHOT Job 17:16 word 4

יַ֖חַדYa.chadtogether

Lemma: יַ֫חַד (ya.chad) · Strong's: H3162A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: unitedness

Used 43 times. Also: Deuteronomy 33:5, 1 Samuel 11:11, 1 Samuel 17:10, 2 Samuel 10:15, 2 Samuel 14:16, 2 Samuel 21:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3162A; TAHOT Job 17:16 word 5

עַל\־'al-to

Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: upon

Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Job 17:16 word 6

עָפָ֣ר'a.Far[the] dust

Lemma: עָפָר (a.phar) · Strong's: H6083

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: dust

Used 110 times. Also: Genesis 2:7, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:19, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 18:27, Genesis 26:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6083; TAHOT Job 17:16 word 7

נָֽחַת\׃\ \סNa.chatwill we descend

Lemma: נָחֵת (na.chat) · Strong's: H5181

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVqi1cp)

Meaning: to descend

Used 11 times. Also: 1 Samuel 2:10, 2 Samuel 22:35, Job 21:13, Psalms 18:34, Psalms 38:2, Psalms 65:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5181; TAHOT Job 17:16 word 8

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Will it go down	→	יָרַד H3381 to go down
to the gates	→	בַּד H0905G alone: pole
of Sheol	→	שְׁאוֹל H7585 hell: Sheol
Will we go down	→	נָחֵת H5181 to descend
together	→	יַ֫חַד H3162A unitedness
into	→	עַל H5921A upon
the dust	→	עָפָר H6083 dust

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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