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Job Laments His Birth

Job 3:17

In 11 translations

BSB
There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.
KJV
There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.weary: Heb. wearied in strength
WEB
There the wicked cease from troubling. There the weary are at rest.
ASV
There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest.
LSV
There the wicked have ceased troubling, || And there the wearied rest in power.
YLT
There the wicked have ceased troubling, And there rest do the wearied in power.
DBY
There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the wearied are at rest.
DRC
There the wicked cease from tumult, and there the wearied in strength are at rest.
GNV
The wicked haue there ceased from their tyrannie, and there they that laboured valiantly, are at rest.
JPS
There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary are at rest.
LXXE
There the ungodly have burnt out the fury of rage; there the wearied in body rest.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
שָׁ֣ם רְ֭שָׁעִים חָ֣דְלוּ רֹ֑גֶז וְשָׁ֥ם יָ֝נ֗וּחוּ יְגִ֣יעֵי כֹֽחַ׃
LXX-Br
Ἐκεῖ ἀσεβεῖς ἐξέκαυσαν θυμὸν ὀργῆς, ἐκεῖ ἀνεπαύσαντο κατάκοποι τῷ σώματι.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Revelation 14:13And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”
  • Job 17:16Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”
  • Isaiah 57:1–2The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are swept away, while no one considers that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil. Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest,…
  • Job 14:13If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!
  • Hebrews 4:9There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
  • Hebrews 4:11Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.
  • Luke 12:4I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.
  • 2 Thessalonians 1:6–7After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with…
  • Matthew 10:28Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
  • Psalms 55:5–8Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me. I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest. How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah I would hurry to…
  • 2 Peter 2:8(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—

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