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Then should I now have lain still; I should have slept, and been at rest,
New American Standard Bible
I would have slept then, I would have been at rest,
King James Version
For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
Holman Bible
I would be asleep.
Then I would be at rest
International Standard Version
"If I had died, I would be lying down by now, undisturbed, asleep, and at rest,
A Conservative Version
For now I should have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept. Then I would have been at rest
American Standard Version
For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then had I been at rest,
Amplified
“For now I would have lain down and been quiet;
I would have slept then, I would have been at rest [in death],
Bible in Basic English
For then I might have gone to my rest in quiet, and in sleep have been in peace,
Darby Translation
For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
Julia Smith Translation
For now I lay down and I shall rest; I slept: then there will be rest to me.
King James 2000
For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then would I have been at rest,
Lexham Expanded Bible
For now I would lie down, and I would be at peace; I would be asleep; then {I would be at rest}
Modern King James verseion
For now I should have lain still and been quiet; I should have slept. Then I would have been at rest
NET Bible
For now I would be lying down and would be quiet, I would be asleep and then at peace
New Heart English Bible
For now should I have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept, then I would have been at rest,
The Emphasized Bible
Surely, at once, had I lain down, and been quiet, I had fallen asleep, then, had I been at rest:
Webster
For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
World English Bible
For now should I have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept, then I would have been at rest,
Youngs Literal Translation
For now, I have lain down, and am quiet, I have slept -- then there is rest to me,
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Job Wishes He Had Died
12 Why set they me upon their knees? Why gave they me suck with their breasts? 13 Then should I now have lain still; I should have slept, and been at rest, 14 like as the kings and lords of the earth, which build themselves special places:
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Job 7:8-10
yea, and that none other man's eye shall see me anymore.
Job 7:21
Why dost thou not forgive my sin? Wherefore takest thou not away my wickedness? Behold, now must I sleep in the dust: And if thou seekest me tomorrow in the morning, I shall be gone."
Job 10:22
yea, into a land as dark as darkness itself, and into the shadow of death where is none order; but light there is as darkness."
Job 14:10-12
But as for man; when he is dead, perished and consumed away, what becometh of him?
Job 17:13
Though I tarry never so much, yet the grave is my house, and I must make my bed in the dark.
Job 19:27
Yea, I myself shall behold him - not with other, but with these same eyes, though my reins are consumed within me.
Job 21:13
They spend their days in wealthiness: but suddenly, they go down to hell.
Job 21:23
One dieth now when he is mighty and at his best, rich and in prosperity;
Ecclesiastes 6:3-5
If a man beget a hundredth children, and live many years, so that his days are many in number, and yet cannot enjoy his good, neither be buried: as for him I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatsoever thou takest in hand to do, that do with all thy power: for among the dead, where thou goest unto, there is neither work, counsel, knowledge nor wisdom.