Job 3:18

Translations

Modern

The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.

Traditional

There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.

Literal

…together the captives are at rest; they do not hear the voice oppressing them.

Latin

Et quondam vincti pariter sine molestia, non audierunt vocem exactoris.

Original

Hebrew

English

The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.

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

Job 39:7
He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.
Isaiah 14:3–4
On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced,
Exodus 5:6–8
That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen:
Judges 4:3
Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.
Exodus 5:15–19
So the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?

Glossary

Book of Job Taskmaster

Topics

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

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