Job 3:17

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.”

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BSBPD

“There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 3:17 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 14:13If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!
  2. Job 17:16Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”
  3. Psalms 55:5Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me.
  4. Ecclesiastes 4:2So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.
  5. Ecclesiastes 9:6Their love, their hate, and their envy have already vanished, and they will never again have a share in all that is done under the sun.
  6. Isaiah 57:1The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are swept away, while no one considers that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil.
  7. Matthew 10:28Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
  8. Luke 12:4I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.
  9. 2 Thessalonians 1:6After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
  10. Hebrews 4:9There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
  11. Hebrews 4:11Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.
  12. 2 Peter 2:8(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—
  13. Revelation 14:13And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”

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