Job 3:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Job 3:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Job 3:17 in 6 Bible Translations

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Job 3:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

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

Job 3:17 — World English Bible

Job 3:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

Job 3:17 — American Standard Version

Job 3:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“There the wicked have ceased troubling, And there rest do the wearied in power.”

Job 3:17 — Young's Literal Translation

Job 3:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the wearied are at rest.”

Job 3:17 — Darby Translation

Job 3:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“The wicked haue there ceased from their tyrannie, and there they that laboured valiantly, are at rest.”

Job 3:17 — Geneva Bible

Job 3:17 in Context — Job 3

15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:

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

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

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

19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.

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What Does Job 3:17 Mean?

Job 3:17 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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