Job 3:18 “The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppre…”

Job 3:18

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

There the prisoners are at ease together. They don’t hear the voice of the taskmaster.

American Standard Version

There the prisoners are at ease together; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.

Geneva Bible 1599

The prisoners rest together, and heare not the voyce of the oppressour.

Darby Translation

The prisoners together are at ease; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.

Young's Literal Translation

Together prisoners have been at ease, They have not heard the voice of an exactor,

Bible in Basic English

There the prisoners are at peace together; the voice of the overseer comes not again to their ears.

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Cross references

“they”

Job 39:7 Exodus 5:6–8 Exodus 5:15–19 Judges 4:3 Isaiah 14:3 Isaiah 14:4

Job 39:7 · BSB

He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.

Exodus 5:6–8 · BSB

That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen:

Exodus 5:15–19 · BSB

So the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?

Judges 4:3 · BSB

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.

Isaiah 14:3 · BSB

On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced,

Isaiah 14:4 · BSB

you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.

19Both small and great are there, and the slave is freed from his master.

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