Job 3:17
There in the grave the wicked give no more trouble, and those whose strength is gone have their rest.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
In Context
16Why wasn't I a miscarriage, buried in secret, a baby who never saw the light?
18There prisoners take it easy—they don't hear the commands of their oppressors.
Cross References
Job 14:13I wish you would hide me in Sheol; conceal me there until your anger is gone. Set a definite time for me there, and remember me!
Psalms 55:5I'm in a panic, trembling with fear; feelings of horror wash over me.
Ecclesiastes 9:6Their love, hate, and envy—it's all gone. They have no further part in anything that happens here on earth.
Matthew 10:28Don't be afraid of those who can kill you physically, but can't kill you spiritually. Instead, be afraid of the one who can destroy you physically and spiritually in Gehenna.
2 Thessalonians 1:6Since God does what's right he will deal appropriately with those who cause you trouble.
Hebrews 4:11As a result we should try hard to enter that rest so nobody falls through following the same bad example of disobedience.
Matthew Henry on Job 3:12-20
Job's Complaint of Life. ( b. c. 1520.) 11 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly? 12 Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck? 13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest, 14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves; 15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver: 16 Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as… Read the whole commentary →