Christian Standard Bible
Job 3:17
17There the wicked cease to make trouble, and there the weary find rest.
Job 3:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
- New International Version (NIV)There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.
- English Standard Version (ESV)There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest.
- New King James Version (NKJV)There the wicked cease from troubling, And there the weary are at rest.
Context of Job 3:17
15or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver. 16Or why was I not hidden like a miscarried child, like infants who never see daylight? There the wicked cease to make trouble, and there the weary find rest. 18The captives are completely at rest; they do not hear a taskmaster’s voice. 19Both small and great are there, and the slave is set free from his master.
Read all of Job 3Job 3:17 word by word
שָׁ֣ם רְ֭שָׁעִים חָ֣דְלוּ רֹ֑גֶז וְשָׁ֥ם יָ֝נ֗וּחוּ יְגִ֣יעֵי כֹֽחַ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 3:17
- Job 14:13If only you would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until your anger passes. If only you would appoint a time for me and then remember me.
- Psalms 55:5Fear and trembling grip me; horror has overwhelmed me.
- Matthew 10:28Don’t fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul; rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
- Luke 12:4“I say to you, my friends, don’t fear those who kill the body, and after that can do nothing more.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:6since it is just for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you
- 2 Peter 2:8(for as that righteous man lived among them day by day, his righteous soul was tormented by the lawless deeds he saw and heard) —
- Isaiah 57:1The righteous person perishes, and no one takes it to heart; the faithful are taken away, with no one realizing that the righteous person is taken away because of evil.
- Hebrews 4:9Therefore, a Sabbath rest remains for God’s people.
- Revelation 14:13Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “so they will rest from their labors, since their works follow them.”
Commentaries on Job 3:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17There the wicked cease - In the grave the oppressors of men cease from irritating, harassing, and distressing their fellow creatures and dependents. And there the weary be at rest - Those who were worn out with the cruelties and tyrannies of the above. The troubles and the troubled, the restless and the submissive, the toils of the great and the labors of the slave, are here put in opposition.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17There the wicked cease - from “troubling.” In the grave - where kings and princes and infants lie. This verse is often applied to heaven, and the language is such as will express the condition of that blessed world. But as used by Job it had no such reference. It relates only to the grave. It is language which beautifully expresses the condition of the dead, and the “desirableness” even of an abode in the tomb. They who are there, are free from the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-19Verses 11-19 Job complained of those present at his birth, for their tender attention to him. No creature comes into the world so helpless as man. God's power and providence upheld our frail lives, and his pity and patience spared our forfeited lives. Natural affection is put into parents' hearts by God. To desire to die that we may be with Christ, that we may be free from sin, is the effect and evidence of grace; but to desire to die, only that we may be…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-24Job's language shifts from wishing he was never born to grief. He goes from hating life towards an attraction for death. Job asks "why" seven times, as he has grief for his situation (3:11, 12, 16, 20, 23; see Psalms 10:1; 22:1; Jeremiah 20:18; Lamentations 5:20).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. the wicked--the original meaning, "those ever restless," "full of desires" (Is 57:20, 21). the weary--literally, "those whose strength is wearied out" (Re 14:13).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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