Job 3:17
New International Version
There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.

New Living Translation
For in death the wicked cause no trouble, and the weary are at rest.

English Standard Version
There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest.

Berean Standard Bible
There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.

King James Bible
There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

New King James Version
There the wicked cease from troubling, And there the weary are at rest.

New American Standard Bible
“There the wicked cease from raging, And there the weary are at rest.

NASB 1995
“There the wicked cease from raging, And there the weary are at rest.

NASB 1977
“There the wicked cease from raging, And there the weary are at rest.

Legacy Standard Bible
There the wicked cease from raging, And there the weary of strength are at rest.

Amplified Bible
“There [in death] the wicked cease from raging, And there the weary are at rest.

Christian Standard Bible
There the wicked cease to make trouble, and there the weary find rest.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
There the wicked cease to make trouble, and there the weary find rest.

American Standard Version
There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
There the evil have ceased from being restless, and there those who are weary in their lives are given rest

Brenton Septuagint Translation
There the ungodly have burnt out the fury of rage; there the wearied in body rest.

Contemporary English Version
In the world of the dead, the wicked and the weary rest without a worry. *

Douay-Rheims Bible
There the wicked cease from tumult, and there the wearied in strength are at rest.

English Revised Version
There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
There the wicked stop their raging. There the weary are able to rest.

Good News Translation
In the grave wicked people stop their evil, and tired workers find rest at last.

International Standard Version
In that place, the wicked stop causing trouble, and there, those whose strength is exhausted are at rest.

JPS Tanakh 1917
There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest.

Literal Standard Version
There the wicked have ceased troubling, | And there the wearied rest in power.

Majority Standard Bible
There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.

New American Bible
There the wicked cease from troubling, there the weary are at rest.

NET Bible
There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.

New Revised Standard Version
There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest.

New Heart English Bible
There the wicked cease from troubling. There the weary are at rest.

Webster's Bible Translation
There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary are at rest.

World English Bible
There the wicked cease from troubling. There the weary are at rest.

Young's Literal Translation
There the wicked have ceased troubling, And there rest do the wearied in power.

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Context
Job Laments His Birth
16Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight? 17There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest. 18The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.…

Cross References
1 Samuel 28:19
Moreover, the LORD will deliver Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. And the LORD will deliver the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines."

Job 3:16
Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?

Job 3:18
The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.

Job 17:16
Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?"


Treasury of Scripture

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

the wicked.

Job 14:13
O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

Psalm 55:5-8
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me…

Matthew 10:28
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

the weary.

Isaiah 57:1,2
The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come

Hebrews 4:9,11
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God…

Revelation 14:13
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

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Job 3
1. Job curses the day and services of his birth.
13. The ease of death.
20. He complains of life, because of his anguish.














(17) There--i.e., in the grave, the place indicated, but not distinctly expressed.

Verse 17. - There. The word has no expressed antecedent, but the general tenor of the passage supplies one. "There" is equivalent to "in the grave." The wicked cease from troubling; i.e." cease from their state of continual perturbation and unrest" (comp. Isaiah 57:20, "But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt "). This is their condition, so long as they live; nothing satisfies them; they are always in trouble themselves, and always causing trouble to others. In the grave alone do they rest, or seem to rest. And there the weary be at rest; literally, the weary in strength or "in respect of strength;" i.e. those whose strength is utterly exhausted and worn out. Here Job undoubtedly alludes to himself. He looks to the grave as his only refuge, the only hope he has of recovering peace and tranquillity.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
There
שָׁ֣ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

the wicked
רְ֭שָׁעִים (rə·šā·‘îm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person

cease
חָ֣דְלוּ (ḥā·ḏə·lū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 2308: To be flabby, desist, be lacking, idle

from raging,
רֹ֑גֶז (rō·ḡez)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7267: Commotion, restlessness, crash, disquiet, anger

and there
וְשָׁ֥ם (wə·šām)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

the weary
יְגִ֣יעֵי (yə·ḡî·‘ê)
Adjective - masculine plural construct
Strong's 3019: Tired

find rest.
יָ֝נ֗וּחוּ (yā·nū·ḥū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5117: To rest, settle down


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