Job 3:13

Translations

Modern

For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest

Traditional

For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

Literal

For now I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept—then there would be rest for me

Latin

Nunc enim dormiens silerem, et somno meo requiescerem

Original

Hebrew

English

For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest

Notes

Job 3:11–24

Job's language shifts from wishing he was never born to grief. He goes from hating life towards an attraction for death. Job asks "why" seven times, as he has grief for his situation (3:11, 12, 16, 20, 23; see Psalms 10:1; 22:1; Jeremiah 20:18; Lamentations 5:20).

Job 3:1–26

Job's outbreak of emotion did not mean his integrity failed under pressure (42:7–8; James 5:11). The prophets Elijah and Jeremiah, both men of God, exaggerated with similar language (1 Kings 19:4; Jeremiah 20:14–18).

Theme notes and profiles

Complaints Life After Death

Events

Job's Trialc. 1650 BC

Related verses

Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
Job 21:13
They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.
Job 14:10–12
But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
Job 7:8–10
The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.
Ecclesiastes 6:3–5
A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
Job 10:22
…to a land of utter darkness, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”
Job 7:21
Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”
Job 17:13
If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
Job 21:23
One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.
Job 19:27
I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!

Glossary

Book of Job

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Dead (People): Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Death: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Despondency: General Scriptures Concerning

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