There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.
Parallel translations
- WEB There the wicked cease from troubling. There the weary are at rest.
- KJV There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
- NKJV There the wicked cease from troubling, And there the weary are at rest.
- NASB “There the wicked cease from raging, And there the weary are at rest.
- NLT For in death the wicked cause no trouble, and the weary are at rest.
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Quick answer
In the grave the wicked stop troubling and the weary find rest. Death ends earthly oppression and exhaustion.
Overview
Job describes the realm of the dead as a place where the turmoil caused by the wicked ceases and the weary are at peace. He longs for relief from a world full of trouble. This anticipation of rest finds its true and lasting fulfillment in the rest Christ gives to the weary and heavy laden.
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Cross-references · 11
- Rev 14:13And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”
- Job 17:16Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”
- Heb 4:11Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.
- Job 14:13If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!
- Heb 4:9There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
- Isa 57:1–2The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are swept away, while no one considers that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil.
- Ps 55:5–8Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me.
- Luke 12:4I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.
- Matt 10:28Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
- 2 Th 1:6–7After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
- 2 Pet 2:8(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—
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