Job 3:18
What does Job 3:18 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 3:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000There the prisoners are at ease together; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
KJV
King James Version · 1611There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901There the prisoners are at ease together; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949There the prisoners are at peace together; the voice of the overseer comes not again to their ears.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Together prisoners have been at ease, They have not heard the voice of an exactor,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And they sometime bound together without disquiet, have not heard the voice of the oppressor.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The prisoners together are at ease; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 14:3
And it shall come to pass in the day that Jehovah shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy trouble, and from the hard service wherein thou wast made to serve,
- Exodus 5:15
Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
- Job 39:7
He scorneth the tumult of the city, Neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.
- Exodus 5:6
And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
- Judges 4:3
And the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
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