Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Captives also enjoy their ease; they no longer hear the slave driver’s shout. New Living Translation Even captives are at ease in death, with no guards to curse them. English Standard Version There the prisoners are at ease together; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster. Berean Standard Bible The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor. King James Bible There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. New King James Version There the prisoners rest together; They do not hear the voice of the oppressor. New American Standard Bible “The prisoners are at ease together; They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster. NASB 1995 “The prisoners are at ease together; They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster. NASB 1977 “The prisoners are at ease together; They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster. Legacy Standard Bible The prisoners are at ease together; They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster. Amplified Bible “There the prisoners rest together; They do not hear the taskmaster’s voice. Christian Standard Bible The captives are completely at rest; they do not hear a taskmaster’s voice. Holman Christian Standard Bible The captives are completely at ease; they do not hear the voice of their oppressor. American Standard Version There the prisoners are at ease together; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Together prisoners are calm and they do not hear the voice of the oppressor Brenton Septuagint Translation And the men of old time have together ceased to hear the exactor's voice. Contemporary English Version Everyone is there-- Douay-Rheims Bible And they sometime bound together without disquiet, have not heard the voice of the oppressor. English Revised Version There the prisoners are at ease together; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster. GOD'S WORD® Translation There the captives have no troubles at all. There they do not hear the shouting of the slave driver. Good News Translation Even prisoners enjoy peace, free from shouts and harsh commands. International Standard Version In that place, those who once were prisoners will be at ease together; they won't hear the voice of oppressors. JPS Tanakh 1917 There the prisoners are at ease together; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster. Literal Standard Version Together prisoners have been at ease, | They have not heard the voice of an exactor, Majority Standard Bible The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor. New American Bible The captives are at ease together, and hear no overseer’s voice. NET Bible There the prisoners relax together; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor. New Revised Standard Version There the prisoners are at ease together; they do not hear the voice of the taskmaster. New Heart English Bible There the prisoners are at ease together. They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster. Webster's Bible Translation 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. Young's Literal Translation Together prisoners have been at ease, They have not heard the voice of an exactor, Additional Translations ... Context Job Laments His Birth…17There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest. 18The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor. 19Both small and great are there, and the slave is freed from his master.… Cross References Job 3:17 There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest. Job 3:19 Both small and great are there, and the slave is freed from his master. Treasury of Scripture There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. they. Job 39:7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. Exodus 5:6-8,15-19 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, … Judges 4:3 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel. Jump to Previous Captives Driver's Ears Ease Enjoy Exactor Hear Heard Longer Oppressor Overseer Peace Prisoners Rest Shout Slave Together VoiceJump to Next Captives Driver's Ears Ease Enjoy Exactor Hear Heard Longer Oppressor Overseer Peace Prisoners Rest Shout Slave Together VoiceJob 3 1. Job curses the day and services of his birth.13. The ease of death. 20. He complains of life, because of his anguish. (18) The oppressor.--As this is the word rendered taskmaster in Exodus, some have thought there may be an allusion to that history here.Verse 18. - There the prisoners rest together. "There those who in life were prisoners, condemned to work at enforced labours, enjoy sweet rest together." They hear not the voice of the oppressor; rather, of the taskmaster (comp. Exodus 3:7; Exodus 5:6, where the same word is used). The task. master continually urged on the wearied labourers with such words as those of Exodus 5:13, "Fulfil your works, fulfil your daily tasks. In the grave these hated sounds would not be heard. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The captivesאֲסִירִ֣ים (’ă·sî·rîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 615: A bondman, prisoner enjoy יַ֭חַד (ya·ḥaḏ) Adverb Strong's 3162: A unit, unitedly their ease; שַׁאֲנָ֑נוּ (ša·’ă·nā·nū) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 7599: To be at ease or at peace, rest securely they do not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no hear שָׁ֝מְע֗וּ (mə·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently the voice ק֣וֹל (qō·wl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6963: A voice, sound of the oppressor. נֹגֵֽשׂ׃ (nō·ḡêś) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 5065: To drive, to tax, harass, tyrannize Links Job 3:18 NIVJob 3:18 NLT Job 3:18 ESV Job 3:18 NASB Job 3:18 KJV Job 3:18 BibleApps.com Job 3:18 Biblia Paralela Job 3:18 Chinese Bible Job 3:18 French Bible Job 3:18 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 3:18 There the prisoners are at ease together (Jb) |
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