Job 17:1
The grave is ready for me.
Job 6:11
“What strength do I have left, that I should wait [and hope]?
And what is ahead of me, that I should be patient and endure?
Job 17:13-14
“But if I look to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) as my home,
If I make my bed in the darkness,
Job 19:17
“My breath is repulsive to my wife,
And I am loathsome to my own brothers.
Job 42:16
After this, Job lived 140 years, and saw his sons and his grandsons, four generations.
Psalm 88:3-5
For my soul is full of troubles,
And my life draws near the grave (Sheol, the place of the dead).
Isaiah 38:10-14
I said, “In mid-life
I am to go through the gates of Sheol (the place of the dead),
I am to be summoned, deprived of the remainder of my years.”
Isaiah 57:16
“For I will not contend forever,
Nor will I always be angry;
For [if I did stay angry] the spirit [of man] would grow weak before Me,
And the breath of those whom I have created.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Breath is corrupt
My days
The graves
Bible References
Breath is corrupt
“My breath is repulsive to my wife,
And I am loathsome to my own brothers.
My days
“What strength do I have left, that I should wait [and hope]?
And what is ahead of me, that I should be patient and endure?
“For I will not contend forever,
Nor will I always be angry;
For [if I did stay angry] the spirit [of man] would grow weak before Me,
And the breath of those whom I have created.
The graves
“But if I look to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) as my home,
If I make my bed in the darkness,
For my soul is full of troubles,
And my life draws near the grave (Sheol, the place of the dead).
I said, “In mid-life
I am to go through the gates of Sheol (the place of the dead),
I am to be summoned, deprived of the remainder of my years.”