16 Or why was I not hid, as an untimely birth, either as infants, which have not seen the light?

17 The wicked [a]have there ceased from their tyranny, and there they that labored valiantly, are at rest.

18 The [b]prisoners rest together, and hear not the voice of the oppressor.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 3:17 That is, by death the cruelty of the tyrants hath ceased.
  2. Job 3:18 All they that sustain any kind of calamity and misery in this world: which he speaketh after the judgment of the flesh.

16 Or why was I not hidden away in the ground like a stillborn child,(A)
    like an infant who never saw the light of day?(B)
17 There the wicked cease from turmoil,(C)
    and there the weary are at rest.(D)
18 Captives(E) also enjoy their ease;
    they no longer hear the slave driver’s(F) shout.(G)

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