Job 3:17

Translations

Modern

There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.

Traditional

There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

Literal

There the wicked cease from trouble, and there those weary of power are at rest—

Latin

Ibi impii cessaverunt a tumultu, et ibi requieverunt fessi robore.

Original

Hebrew

English

There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find 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 Trial

Related verses

Revelation 14:13
And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”
Job 17:16
Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”
Job 14:13
If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!
Isaiah 57:1–2
The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one considers that the righteous are taken away from the presence of evil.
Hebrews 4:9
There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
Hebrews 4:11
Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.
2 Thessalonians 1:6–7
After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
Psalm 55:5–8
Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me.
Luke 12:4
I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.
Matthew 10:28
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
2 Peter 2:8
…(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—

Glossary

Book of Job Hell

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Dead (People): Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Death: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Despondency: General Scriptures Concerning Heaven: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Natural Death: Levels all Ranks The Death of Saints: Leads to Rest

Job 3:17

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