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17 In the grave the wicked stop making trouble,
    and the weary workers are at rest.
18 In the grave there is rest for the captives
    who no longer hear the shout of the slave driver.
19 People great and small are in the grave,
    and the slave is freed from his master.

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17 There the wicked cease from troubling,
And there the [a]weary are at (A)rest.
18 There the prisoners [b]rest together;
(B)They do not hear the voice of the oppressor.
19 The small and great are there,
And the servant is free from his master.

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Footnotes

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

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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17 There the wicked cease from troubling,
    and there the weary are at (A)rest.
18 There the prisoners are at ease together;
    they hear not the voice of (B)the taskmaster.
19 The small and the great are there,
    and the slave is free from his master.

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