EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Job 3:15
15I would be with princes who once were very rich. Their palaces were full of gold and silver.
Job 3:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
- New International Version (NIV)with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.
- English Standard Version (ESV)or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Or with princes who had gold, Who filled their houses with silver;
Context of Job 3:15
13If I had died at birth, I would now be resting in peace. 14I would be resting with kings and rulers. They lived in beautiful houses which are now heaps of stones. I would be with princes who once were very rich. Their palaces were full of gold and silver. 16My parents should have buried me, like a child that is born dead. I would never have seen the light of day. 17After death, wicked people can no longer cause any trouble. People who have become tired can rest.
Read all of Job 3Job 3:15 word by word
א֣וֹ עִם־שָׂ֭רִים זָהָ֣ב לָהֶ֑ם הַֽמְמַלְאִ֖ים בָּתֵּיהֶ֣ם כָּֽסֶף׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 3:15
- Job 22:25Then the Almighty God will be like gold for you. He will be like your valuable silver.
- Job 27:16Wicked people may have lots of money. They may have silver like heaps of sand. They may have more clothes than they could ever wear.
- Numbers 22:18Balaam said to them, ‘No, I will only do what the Lord tells me. I can do no more than that, and no less. Even if Balak gives me his house, all his gold and all his silver, I will only do what the Lord says.
- 1 Kings 10:27While Solomon ruled as king, there was as much silver in Jerusalem as stones! There was as much wood from cedar trees as there were fig trees that grew in the low hills in the west.
- Isaiah 2:7They are very rich and their land is full of silver and gold. They have many horses, and more chariots than you can count.
- Zephaniah 1:18Their money will not save them, on the day when the Lord is angry. He watches. And he is angry when his people love other gods. So he will send fire on the earth. Yes, he will quickly kill all the people who live in Judah.
- Zechariah 9:3Tyre's people have built strong walls to keep enemies out. They have swept up rich metals like dirt. They have swept up gold like dirt in the streets.
Commentaries on Job 3:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Or with princes that had gold - Chief or mighty men, lords of the soil, or fortunate adventurers in merchandise, who got gold in abundance, filled their houses with silver, left all behind, and had nothing reserved for themselves but the empty places which they had made for their last dwelling, and where their dust now sleeps, devoid of care, painful journeys, and anxious expectations. He alludes here to the case of the covetous, whom nothing can satisfy…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Or with princes that had gold - That is, he would have been united with the rich and the great. Is there not here too also a slight evidence of the fondness for wealth, which might have been one of the errors of this good man? Would it not seem that such was his estimate of the importance of being esteemed rich, that he would count it an honor to be united with the affluent in death, rather than be subjected to a condition of poverty and want among 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. 15who had gold, who filled their houses with silver: This might refer to tombs filled with treasure. However, it more likely refers to the useless storing of wealth that ends in death (as in 3:14).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. filled their houses with silver--Some take this to refer to the treasures which the ancients used to bury with their dead. But see Job 3:26.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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