Job 3:13
With melachim and yo'atzim of ha'aretz, 1 which build ruins for themselves; 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
In Context
12For atah (now) I would be lying still and quiet, 1 have slept and been at rest, 1
14Or with sarim (princes) that had zahav, 1 who filled their batim (houses) with kesef; 1
Cross References
Job 7:8The ayin (eye) of him that hath seen me shall see me no longer; 1 thine eyes are upon me, and I am no more. 1
Job 10:22An eretz of darkness, like darkness itself; 1 and of tzalmavet, no sedarim (order), 1 where the light is like darkness.
Job 14:12So ish lieth down, and riseth not, 1 till Shomayim be no more, they shall not awake, 1 nor be raised out of their sleep. 1
Job 19:27Whom I shall see for myself, 1 and mine eyes shall behold and no other; 1 my heart faints within me. 1
Job 21:23Zeh (this one) dieth in his full prosperity, 1 being wholly at ease and secure. 1
Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy koach; for there is no ma'aseh, nor cheshbon, nor da'as, nor chochmah in Sheol, whither thou goest.
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 →