Job 3:19

What does Job 3:19 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 3:19 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

The small and the great are there: And the servant is free from his master.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The small and the great are there: And the servant is free from his master.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Small and great <FI>are<Fi> there the same. And a servant <FI>is<Fi> free from his lord.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

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

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

The small and great are there, and the bondman freed from his master.

Context

v.18There the prisoners are at ease together; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.

v.19This passage

v.20Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ecclesiastes 12:5

    yea, they shall be afraid of that which is high, and terrors shall be in the way; and the almond-tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets:

  • Hebrews 9:27

    And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh judgment;

  • Psalms 49:6

    They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

  • Psalms 49:2

    Both low and high, Rich and poor together.

  • Psalms 49:14

    They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd: And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, That there be no habitation for it.

  • Job 30:23

    For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, And to the house appointed for all living.

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