Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

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

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


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

Bible in Basic English

There the passions of the evil are over, and those whose strength has come to an end have rest.

Darby Translation

There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the wearied are at rest.

Julia Smith Translation

There the unjust ceased to be angry, and the weary in strength shall rest.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

There [the] wicked cease from troubling, and there [the] {weary} are at rest;

Modern King James verseion

There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

There, must the wicked cease from their tyranny, there such as are overlaboured be at rest.

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

There the wicked cease from troubling. There the weary are at rest.

The Emphasized Bible

There, the lawless, cease from raging, and there the toil-worn are at rest:

Webster

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.

Youngs Literal Translation

There the wicked have ceased troubling, And there rest do the wearied in power.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

רגז 
Rogez 
Usage: 7

and there the weary
יגיע 
Yagiya` 
Usage: 1

References

Hastings

Images Job 3:17

Prayers for Job 3:17

Context Readings

Job Wishes He Had Died

16 Or why was I not as a hidden stillborn child, as infants who never see the light? 17 “There the wicked cease from raging,
And there the weary are at rest.
18 There the prisoners are at ease together; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.

Cross References

Job 17:16

Will it go down to the bars of Sheol? Shall we descend together into the dust?"

Job 14:13

Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would conceal me until your wrath be past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!

Psalm 55:5-8

Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me.

Isaiah 57:1-2

The righteous man perishes, and no one lays it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one understands. For the righteous man is taken away from calamity;

Matthew 10:28

And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Luke 12:4

"I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do.

2 Thessalonians 1:6-7

since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

Hebrews 4:9

So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God,

Hebrews 4:11

Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience.

2 Peter 2:8

(for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard);

Revelation 14:13

And I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.""Blessed indeed," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!"

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