Job 3:13
11 Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?
12 Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed?
For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest
14 with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,
15 or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest
- KJV
- For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
- WEB
- For now I should have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept, then I would have been at rest,
- ASV
- For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then had I been at rest,
- DARBY
- For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
- BLB
- For now I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept—then there would be rest for me
- ÅB
- For da kunne jeg nå ligge og hvile; jeg kunne sove og hadde da ro -
- OTB
- For nå ville jeg hvile i fred;
jeg ville sove og være i ro, - B1930
- For da kunde jeg nu ligge og hvile; jeg kunde sove og hadde da ro -
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
Read in contextJob 14:10–12
But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
Read in contextJob 21:13
They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.
Read in contextJob 7:21
Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”
Read in contextEcclesiastes 6:3–5
A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
Read in contextJob 21:23
One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.
Read in contextJob 7:8–10
The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.
Read in contextJob 10:22
to a land of utter darkness, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”
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