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Job 3:26

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3:26I have no ease,96 I have no quietness;

I cannot rest;97 turmoil has come upon me.”98

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Footnotes

  1. 96 The “peace” bases its rendering on שָׁלַם (shalam) and not שָׁלָה (shalah), which retains the original vav (ו). The verb means “to be quiet, to be at ease.”
  2. 97 The verb is literally “and I do/can not rest.” A potential perfect nuance fits this passage well. The word נוּחַ (nuakh, “rest”) implies “rest” in every sense, especially in contrast to רֹגֶז (rogez, “turmoil, agitation” [vv. 26 and 17]).
  3. 98 The last clause simply has “and trouble came.” Job is essentially saying that since the trouble has come upon him there is not a moment of rest and relief.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I am not at ease, nor am I quiet;

I have no rest, but trouble comes.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I have no peace, no quietness;

I have no rest, but only turmoil.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I cannot relax or be calm;

I have no rest, for turmoil has come.

NLTNew Living Translation

I have no peace, no quietness.

I have no rest; only trouble comes.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I am not at ease, and I am not at peace,

and I do not have rest, thus turmoil has come.”

KJV 1900King James Version

I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet;

Yet trouble came.