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Job 3:13–15

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13For now I would lie down, and I would be at peace;

I would be asleep; then I would be at restn

14with kings and counselors of the earth,

who rebuild o ruins for themselves,

15or with high officials who have gold,p

who fill up their houses with silver.

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Footnotes

  1. nLiterally “it would be at rest for me”
  2. oLiterally “build”
  3. pLiterally “gold is for them”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For then I would have lain down and been quiet;

I would have slept; then I would have been at rest,

with kings and counselors of the earth

who rebuilt ruins for themselves,

or with princes who had gold,

who filled their houses with silver.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For now I would be lying down in peace;

I would be asleep and at rest

with kings and rulers of the earth,

who built for themselves places now lying in ruins,

with princes who had gold,

who filled their houses with silver.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Now I would certainly be lying down in peace;

I would be asleep.

Then I would be at rest

with the kings and counselors of the earth,

who rebuilt ruined cities for themselves,

or with princes who had gold,

who filled their houses with silver.

NLTNew Living Translation

Had I died at birth, I would now be at peace.

I would be asleep and at rest.

I would rest with the world’s kings and prime ministers,

whose great buildings now lie in ruins.

I would rest with princes, rich in gold,

whose palaces were filled with silver.

KJV 1900King James Version

For now should I have lain still and been quiet,

I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

With kings and counsellers of the earth,

Which built desolate places for themselves;

Or with princes that had gold,

Who filled their houses with silver: