Parallel Verses
Amplified
“There the prisoners rest together;
They do not hear the taskmaster’s voice.
New American Standard Bible
They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.
King James Version
There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
Holman Bible
they do not hear the voice of their oppressor.
International Standard Version
In that place, those who once were prisoners will be at ease together; they won't hear the voice of oppressors.
A Conservative Version
There the prisoners are at ease together. They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.
American Standard Version
There the prisoners are at ease together; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
Bible in Basic English
There the prisoners are at peace together; the voice of the overseer comes not again to their ears.
Darby Translation
The prisoners together are at ease; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
Julia Smith Translation
They being bound, rested together; they heard not the voice of the taskmaster.
King James 2000
There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[the] prisoners are at ease together; they do not hear [the] oppressor's voice.
Modern King James verseion
the prisoners are at rest together; they hear not the voice of the slave driver.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
There, are those let out free which have been in prison, so that they hear no more the voice of the oppressor.
NET Bible
There the prisoners relax together; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.
New Heart English Bible
There the prisoners are at ease together. They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.
The Emphasized Bible
At once are prisoners at peace, they hear not the voice of a driver:
Webster
There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
World English Bible
There the prisoners are at ease together. They don't hear the voice of the taskmaster.
Youngs Literal Translation
Together prisoners have been at ease, They have not heard the voice of an exactor,
Topics
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 3:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job Wishes He Had Died
17
“There [in death] the wicked cease from raging,
And there the weary are at rest.
“There the prisoners rest together;
They do not hear the taskmaster’s voice.
“The small and the great are there,
And the servant is free from his master.
Cross References
Job 39:7
“He scorns the tumult of the city,
And does not hear the shouting of the taskmaster.
Exodus 5:6-8
The very same day Pharaoh gave orders to the [Egyptian] taskmasters in charge of the people and their [Hebrew] foremen, saying,
Exodus 5:15-19
Then the Hebrew foremen came to Pharaoh and cried, “Why do you deal like this with your servants?
Judges 4:3
Then the Israelites cried out to the Lord [for help], for Jabin had nine hundred iron chariots and had oppressed and tormented the sons of Israel severely for twenty years.
Isaiah 14:3-4
And it will be in the day when the Lord gives you rest from your pain and turmoil and from the harsh service in which you have been enslaved,