God’s Word Translation
Job 3:17
17There the wicked stop their raging. There the weary are able to 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
15I would be with princes who had gold, who filled their homes with silver. 16I would be buried like a stillborn baby. I would not exist. I would be like infants who never saw the light. There the wicked stop their raging. There the weary are able to rest. 18There the captives have no troubles at all. There they do not hear the shouting of the slave driver. 19There ⌞you find⌟ both the unimportant and important people. There the slave is 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 3:17
- Job 14:13I wish you would hide me in Sheol and keep me hidden there until your anger cools. Set a specific time for me when you will remember me.
- Psalms 55:5Fear and trembling have overcome me. Horror has overwhelmed me.
- Matthew 10:28Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who can destroy both body and soul in hell.
- Luke 12:4“My friends, I can guarantee that you don’t need to be afraid of those who kill the body. After that they can’t do anything more.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:6Certainly, it is right for God to give suffering to those who cause you to suffer.
- 2 Peter 2:8Although he was a man who had God’s approval, he lived among the people of Sodom and Gomorrah. Each day was like torture to him as he saw and heard the immoral things that people did.
- Isaiah 57:1Righteous people die, and no one cares. Loyal people are taken away, and no one understands. Righteous people are spared when evil comes.
- Hebrews 4:9Therefore, a time of eternal rest exists for God’s people.
- Revelation 14:13I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: From now on those who die believing in the Lord are blessed.” “Yes,” says the Spirit. “Let them rest from their hard work. What they have done goes with 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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