God’s Word Translation
Job 3:19
19There ⌞you find⌟ both the unimportant and important people. There the slave is free from his master.
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
17There 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. There ⌞you find⌟ both the unimportant and important people. There the slave is free from his master. 20“Why give light to one in misery and life to those who find it so bitter, 21to those who long for death but it never comes— though they dig for it more than for buried treasure?
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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 you will lead me to death, to the dwelling place appointed for all living beings.
- Psalms 49:2common people and important ones, rich people and poor ones.
- Ecclesiastes 8:8No one has the power to prevent the spirit of life from leaving. No one has control over the day of his own death. There is no way to avoid the war ⌞against death⌟. Wickedness will not save wicked people ⌞from dying⌟.
- Ecclesiastes 12:5Remember your Creator when someone is afraid of heights and of dangers along the road, the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along, ⌞and⌟ the caper bush has ⌞no⌟ fruit. Mortals go to their eternal rest, and mourners go out in the streets.
- Luke 16:22“One day the beggar died, and the angels carried him to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried.
- Hebrews 9:27People die once, and after that they are judged.
- Psalms 49:14Like sheep, they are driven to hell with death as their shepherd. (Decent people will rule them in the morning.) Their forms will decay in the grave, far away from their comfortable homes.
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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