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Job 3:19
19Great people and ordinary people are all there together. Slaves have no master that they must obey.
Job 3:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
- New International Version (NIV)The small and the great are there, and the slaves are freed from their owners.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The small and the great are there, and the slave is free from his master.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The small and great are there, And the servant is free from his master.
Context of Job 3:19
17After death, wicked people can no longer cause any trouble. People who have become tired can rest. 18Even prisoners can enjoy a time of peace. No guards are there to shout at them. Great people and ordinary people are all there together. Slaves have no master that they must obey. 20I am suffering very much. Why does God let me wake up each day? I am very upset, so why does God continue to let me live? 21People like me only want to die. But death does not come. They would rather die than find valuable gold.
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קָטֹ֣ן וְ֭גָדוֹל שָׁ֣ם ה֑וּא וְ֝עֶ֗בֶד חָפְשִׁ֥י מֵאֲדֹנָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 3:19
- Job 30:23I know that you are already taking me to my death. Everyone who lives has to go to that place.
- Psalms 49:2All people must listen, whoever you are, whether you are rich people or poor people.
- Ecclesiastes 8:8Nobody has the power to control the wind. Also, nobody has the power to decide the day of their death. Soldiers are not allowed to leave a battle. Also, if people do wicked things, that will not rescue them.
- Ecclesiastes 12:5You will be afraid to stand on high places. You will worry about danger in the streets. When you are old, your hair will become white, like the flowers on an almond tree. You will feel too tired to move yourself, like an old grasshopper. You will not want to have sex. Finally, we will all die and go to our home in the ground. Many people will weep at our funeral.
- Luke 16:22Then Lazarus died and God's angels carried him away. They put him at the side of Abraham in heaven. The rich man then also died and his family buried him in the ground.
- Hebrews 9:27Every person must die once. After death, God will judge each person.
- Psalms 49:14They will follow one another like sheep. Death will be their shepherd that leads them into their graves. But when the day arrives, righteous people will rule over them. They will no longer live in their great houses, but death will destroy their bodies in their graves.
Commentaries on Job 3:19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19The small and great are there - All sorts and conditions of men are equally blended in the grave, and ultimately reduced to one common dust; and between the bond and free there is no difference. The grave is "The appointed place of rendezvous, where all These travelers meet." Equality is absolute among the sons of men in their entrance into and exit from the world: all the intermediate state is disparity. All men begin and end life alike; and there is no…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19The small and the great are there - The old and the young, the high and the low. Death levels all. It shows no respect to age; it spares none because they are vigorous, young, or beautiful. This sentiment has probably been expressed in various forms in all languages, for all people are made deeply sensible of its truth. The Classic reader will recall the ancient proverb, Mors sceptra ligonibus aequat, And the language of Horace: Aequae lege Necessitas…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. 1919. servant--The slave is there manumitted from slavery.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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