Tree of Life Version
Job 3:19
19Small and great are there; and 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 cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest. 18Prisoners are at ease together; they do not hear the voice of the taskmaster. Small and great are there; and slave is free from his master. 20Why is light given to one who suffers and life to the bitter of soul, 21to those who long for death, but it does not come, who dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
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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 30:23For I know that you will bring me to death, to the house appointed for all the living.
- Psalms 49:2Hear this, all you peoples. Give ear, all you inhabitants of the world,
- Ecclesiastes 8:8No one has authority over the wind to restrain it, nor authority over the day of death. As no one is discharged during a battle, so wickedness cannot rescue its master.
- Ecclesiastes 12:5when they also are afraid of heights and of dangers on the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along, and the caper berry fails to excite— for a man is going to his eternal home, and mourners go about in the street—
- Luke 16:22“It happened that the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. Then the rich man also died and was buried.
- Hebrews 9:27And just as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this judgment,
- Psalms 49:14Such is the way of the self-confident, and their followers who approve their sayings. Selah
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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