Job 3:19

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Summary

Job 3:19

The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.

The small

And the servant

Psalm 49:14

General references

Ecclesiastes 4:2

Bible References

The small

“For I know that You will bring me to death
And to the house of meeting [appointed] for all the living.

Both low and high,
Rich and poor together:

There is no man who has power and authority over the wind to restrain the wind,
Nor does he have authority over the day of death;
There is no discharge [from service] during time of war,
And evil will not rescue those who [actively seek to] practice it.

Furthermore, they are afraid of a high place and of dangers on the road; the almond tree (hair) blossoms [white], and the grasshopper (a little thing) is a burden, and the caperberry (desire, appetite) fails. For man goes to his eternal home and the mourners go about the streets and market places.

Now it happened that the poor man died and his spirit was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom (paradise); and the rich man also died and was buried.

And just as it is appointed and destined for all men to die once and after this [comes certain] judgment,

And the servant

Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead);
Death will be their shepherd;
And the upright shall rule over them in the morning,
And their form and beauty shall be for Sheol to consume,
So that they have no dwelling [on earth].

General references

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