Job 3:17

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“There the wicked cease from troubling. There the weary are at rest.”

— WEB

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

— KJV

“There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest.”

— ASV

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Commentary

the wicked--the original meaning, "those ever restless," "full of desires" (Isa 57:20-21). the weary--literally, "those whose strength is wearied out" (Rev 14:13).

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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