New King James Version
Job 3:15
15Or with princes who had gold, Who filled their houses with 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 Living Translation (NLT)I would rest with princes, rich in gold, whose palaces were filled with silver.
Context of Job 3:15
13For now I would have lain still and been quiet, I would have been asleep; Then I would have been at rest 14With kings and counselors of the earth, Who built ruins for themselves, Or with princes who had gold, Who filled their houses with silver; 16Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, Like infants who never saw light? 17There the wicked cease from troubling, And there the weary are at 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 22:25Yes, the Almighty will be your gold And your precious silver;
- Job 27:16Though he heaps up silver like dust, And piles up clothing like clay—
- Numbers 22:18Then Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, “Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more.
- 1 Kings 10:27The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar trees as abundant as the sycamores which are in the lowland.
- Isaiah 2:7Their land is also full of silver and gold, And there is no end to their treasures; Their land is also full of horses, And there is no end to their chariots.
- Zephaniah 1:18Neither their silver nor their gold Shall be able to deliver them In the day of the Lord’s wrath; But the whole land shall be devoured By the fire of His jealousy, For He will make speedy riddance Of all those who dwell in the land.
- Zechariah 9:3For Tyre built herself a tower, Heaped up silver like the dust, And gold like the mire of 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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