Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“The prisoners are at ease together;
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

The captives are completely at ease;
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.

Amplified


“There the prisoners rest together;
They do not hear the taskmaster’s voice.

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אסיר 
'aciyr 
Usage: 14

שׁאן 
Sha'an 
at ease, quiet, rest
Usage: 5

יחד 
Yachad 
Usage: 141

not the voice
קל קול 
Qowl 
Usage: 506

Context Readings

Job Wishes He Had Died

17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary are at rest. 18 “The prisoners are at ease together;
They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.
19 The small and the great are there, and the slave is free from his master.

Cross References

Job 39:7

He laughs at the multitude of the city, neither does he hearken to the voice of the exactor of tribute.

Exodus 5:6-8

And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying,

Exodus 5:15-19

Then the officers of the sons of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Why doest thou deal thus with thy slaves?

Judges 4:3

And the sons of Israel cried unto the LORD, for he had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had mightily oppressed the sons of Israel for twenty years.

Isaiah 14:3-4

And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow and from thy fear and from the hard bondage in which thou wast made to serve,

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