Passage

Job 3.16

Book: Job · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV

14. With kings and counsellors of the earth, Who built up waste places for themselves; 15. Or with princes that had gold, Who filled their houses with silver:

16. Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light.

There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest. 18. There the prisoners are at ease together; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster. (Job 3:14-18, ASV)

WEB

14. with kings and counselors of the earth, who built up waste places for themselves; 15. or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver:

16. or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, as infants who never saw light.

There the wicked cease from troubling. There the weary are at rest. 18. There the prisoners are at ease together. They don’t hear the voice of the taskmaster. (Job 3:14-18, WEB)

KJV

14. With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves; 15. Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:

16. 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. ^{weary: Heb. wearied in strength} 18. There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. (Job 3:14-18, KJV)

YLT

14. With kings and counsellors of earth, These building wastes for themselves. 15. Or with princes, they have gold, They are filling their houses [with] silver.

16. (Or as a hidden abortion I am not, As infants, they have not seen light.)

There the wicked have ceased troubling, And there rest do the wearied in power. 18. Together prisoners have been at ease, They have not heard the voice of an exactor, (Job 3:14-18, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word.

None of the words in this verse has its own lexicon entry yet.

Quoted in

Arguments and defeaters:

Concepts:

Imprecatory Psalms Objection, via Job 3.1-19

Lexicon:

H3409 - yarek

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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