Job 3:17

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Summary

Job 3:17

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

The wicked

At rest

Isaiah 57:1

Hebrews 4:9

Revelation 14:13

General references

Ecclesiastes 4:2

Bible References

The wicked

“Oh, that You would hide me in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),
That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past,
That You would set a definite time and then remember me [and in Your lovingkindness imprint me on your heart]!

Fear and trembling have come upon me;
Horror has overwhelmed me.

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; but rather be afraid of Him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

“I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that have nothing more that they can do.

For after all it is only just for God to repay with distress those who distress you,

(for that just man, while living among them, felt his righteous soul tormented day after day by what he saw and heard of their lawless acts),

At rest

The righteous man perishes [at the hand of evil], and no one takes it to heart;
Faithful and devout men are taken away, while no one understands
That the righteous person is taken away [to be spared] from disaster and evil.

So there remains a [full and complete] Sabbath rest for the people of God.

Then I heard [the distinct words of] a voice from heaven, saying, “Write, ‘Blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) are the dead who die in the Lord from now on!’” “Yes, [blessed indeed],” says the Spirit, “so that they may rest and have relief from their labors, for their deeds do follow them.”

General references

So I congratulated and thought more fortunate are those who are already dead than the living who are still living.