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Job 3:18

Rest and sabbath

16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.

17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.

19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.

20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

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BSB
The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.
KJV
There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
WEB
There the prisoners are at ease together. They don’t hear the voice of the taskmaster.
ASV
There the prisoners are at ease together; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
DARBY
The prisoners together are at ease; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
BLB
together the captives are at rest; they do not hear the voice oppressing [them].
ÅB
Der har alle fanger ro, de hører ikke driverens røst.
OTB
Fangene har det godt sammen;
de hører ikke undertrykkerens stemme.
B1930
Der har alle fanger ro, de hører ikke driverens røst.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Job 39:7

    He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.

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  • Exodus 5:15–19

    Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?

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  • Judges 4:3

    And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.

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  • Exodus 5:6–8

    And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

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  • Isaiah 14:3–4

    And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,

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