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Job 3:16–17

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16Or why was I not hidden like a miscarried child,x

like infants who never see daylight?

17There the wickedy cease to make trouble,

and there the weary find rest.

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Cross references

  1. xNm 12:12; Ps 58:8; Ec 6:3
  2. yJb 9:22; 11:20; 18:5

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Or why was I not as a hidden stillborn child,

as infants who never see the light?

There the wicked cease from troubling,

and there the weary are at rest.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Or why was I not hidden away in the ground like a stillborn child,

like an infant who never saw the light of day?

There the wicked cease from turmoil,

and there the weary are at rest.

NLTNew Living Translation

Why wasn’t I buried like a stillborn child,

like a baby who never lives to see the light?

For in death the wicked cause no trouble,

and the weary are at rest.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Or why was I not hidden like a miscarriage,

like infants who did not see the light?

There the wicked cease from troubling,

and there the weary are at rest;

KJV 1900King James Version

Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been;

As infants which never saw light.

There the wicked cease from troubling;

And there the weary be at rest.