There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
Parallel translations
- WEB There the wicked cease from troubling. There the weary are at rest.
- BSB There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find 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.
Cross-references & the web
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- Rev 14:13And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
- Job 17:16They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
- Heb 4:11Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
- Job 14:13O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
- Heb 4:9There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
- Isa 57:1–2The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
- Ps 55:5–8Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
- Luke 12:4And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
- Matt 10:28And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
- 2 Th 1:6–7Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
- 2 Pet 2:8(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
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