Job 3:17

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

Job 3:17 in Other Translations

KJV
17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
ESV
17 There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest.
NLT
17 For in death the wicked cause no trouble, and the weary are at rest.
MSG
17 Where the wicked no longer trouble anyone and bone-weary people get a long-deserved rest?
CSB
17 There the wicked cease to make trouble, and there the weary find rest.

Job 3:17 In-Context

15 with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.
16 Or why was I not hidden away in the ground like a stillborn child, like an infant who never saw the light of day?
17 There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.
18 Captives also enjoy their ease; they no longer hear the slave driver’s shout.
19 The small and the great are there, and the slaves are freed from their owners.

Cross References 2

  • 1. ver 26; Job 30:26; Ecclesiastes 4:2; Isaiah 14:3
  • 2. S ver 13; Job 17:16
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