Job 3 · Verse 17

Job 3:17

There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
Job 3:17, King James Version

Job 3:17 in other translations

BSBThere the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.
WEBThere the wicked cease from troubling. There the weary are at rest.
ASVThere the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest.
YLTThere the wicked have ceased troubling, And there rest do the wearied in power.
DARBYThere the wicked cease from troubling; and there the wearied are at rest.
BBEThere the passions of the evil are over, and those whose strength has come to an end have rest.
WebsterThere the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary are at rest.

What does Job 3:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
17. the wicked--the original meaning, "those ever restless," "full of desires" (Is 57:20, 21). the weary--literally, "those whose strength is wearied out" (Re 14:13).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 17 There the wicked cease - In the grave the oppressors of men cease from irritating, harassing, and distressing their fellow creatures and dependents. And there the weary be at rest - Those who were worn out with the cruelties and tyrannies of the above. The troubles and the troubled, the restless and the submissive, the toils of the great and the labors of the slave, are here put in opposition.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 3:11-19

Job complained of those present at his birth, for their tender attention to him. No creature comes into the world so helpless as man. God's power and providence upheld our frail lives, and his pity and patience spared our forfeited lives. Natural affection is put into parents' hearts by God. To desire to die that we may be with Christ, that we may be free from sin, is the effect and evidence of grace; but to desire…

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Job 3:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

שָׁ֣םshamthereH8033
רְ֭שָׁעִיםRe.sha.'imwicked [people]H7563
חָ֣דְלוּCha.de.luthey ceaseH2308
רֹ֑גֶזRo.gezturmoilH7267
וְשָׁ֥םve.Shamand thereH8033
יָ֝נ֗וּחוּya.Nu.chuthey restH5117
יְגִ֣יעֵיye.Gi.'eiweary [ones] ofH3019
כֹֽחַ\׃Kho.achstrengthH3581

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 3:17

  • Revelation 14:13

    And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

  • Job 17:16

    They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.

  • Isaiah 57:1-2

    The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.

  • Job 14:13

    O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

  • Hebrews 4:11

    Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

  • Hebrews 4:9

    There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.

  • 2 Thessalonians 1:6-7

    Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,

  • Luke 12:4

    And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

  • Matthew 10:28

    And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

  • Psalms 55:5-8

    Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah. I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.

  • 2 Peter 2:8

    (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the wicked.
14:13; Ps 55:5-8; Mt 10:28; Lu 12:4; 2Th 1:6,7; 2Pe 2:8
the weary. Heb. the wearied in strength. at rest.
Isa 57:1,2; Heb 4:9,11; Re 14:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 3:16

    Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.

  • Job 3:17

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

  • Job 3:18

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

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Job 3:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Allí los impíos dejan el perturbar, y allí descansan los de cansadas fuerzas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Là, les méchants ont cessé leur tumulte, et là ceux dont les forces sont épuisées par la fatigue sont en repos;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Dort lassen die Bösen ab vom Toben, und dort ruhen die an Kraft Erschöpften,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ibi impii cessaverunt a tumultu, et ibi requieverunt fessi robore.