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16 (Or as a hidden abortion I am not, As infants -- they have not seen light.)

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

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

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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.

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16 Or why was I not hidden (A)like a stillborn child,
Like infants who never saw light?
17 There the wicked cease from troubling,
And there the [a]weary are at (B)rest.
18 There the prisoners [b]rest together;
(C)They do not hear the voice of the oppressor.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 3:17 Lit. weary of strength
  2. Job 3:18 are at ease