15 where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me? 16 Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”
Job 17:15–16
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Baruch 3:10–12
10 How is it, O Israel, that you are in your enemies’ land, that you have become old in a strange country, that you are defiled with the dead, (WEB) 11 that you are counted with those who are in Hades? (WEB) 12 You have forsaken the fountain of wisdom. (WEB)
2 Baruch 52:1–3
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Psalms 30:8–10
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Job 38:16–18
16 Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep? 17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death? 18 Have you surveyed the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.
Job 27:7–9
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Psalms 88:10–12
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Job 6:10–12
10 It still brings me comfort, and joy through unrelenting pain, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One. 11 What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient? 12 Is my strength like that of stone, or my flesh made o…
Job 14:9–11
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