13 For now I (A)would have lain down and been quiet;
I would have slept then, I would have been at rest,
14 With (B)kings and (C)counselors of the earth,
Who rebuilt (D)ruins for themselves;
15 Or with (E)rulers (F)who had gold,
Who were filling their houses with silver.
16 Or like a miscarriage which is [a]hidden, I would not exist,
As infants that never saw light.
17 There the wicked cease from raging,
And there the [b]weary are at (G)rest.
18 The prisoners are at ease together;
They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.
19 The small and the great are there,
And the slave is free from his master.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 3:16 I.e., buried
  2. Job 3:17 Lit weary of strength

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