Job 3:18

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.”

What this verse means

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BSBPD

“The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“There the prisoners are at ease together; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Together prisoners have been at ease, They have not heard the voice of an exactor,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 3:18 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 5:6That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen:
  2. Exodus 5:15So the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?
  3. Judges 4:3Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.
  4. Job 39:7He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.
  5. Isaiah 14:3On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced,

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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