Job 3:13

13 For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest

Job 3:13 in Other Translations

KJV
13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
ESV
13 For then I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept; then I would have been at rest,
NLT
13 Had I died at birth, I would now be at peace. I would be asleep and at rest.
MSG
13 I could be resting in peace right now, asleep forever, feeling no pain,
CSB
13 For then I would have laid down in peace; I would be asleep. Then I would be at rest

Job 3:13 In-Context

11 “Why did I not perish at birth, and die as I came from the womb?
12 Why were there knees to receive me and breasts that I might be nursed?
13 For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest
14 with kings and rulers of the earth, who built for themselves places now lying in ruins,
15 with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Job 17:13; Job 30:23
  • 2. ver 17; Job 7:8-10,21; Job 10:22; Job 13:19; Job 14:10-12; Job 19:27; Job 21:13,23; Job 27:19; Psalms 139:11; Isaiah 8:22
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