Job 3:18

"There the wicked cease from troubling. There the weary are at rest."

Key Reflection

In Job 3:18, the text suggests that in death, the wicked find no more opportunity to harm or oppress others, experiencing a respite from their malicious deeds. Conversely, the weary find peace and relief, indicating a state of rest and freedom from the burdens and struggles of life.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

There the prisoners rest together -Herder translates this, “There the prisoners rejoice in their freedom.” The Septuagint strangely enough, “There they of old (ὁ αἰώνιοιhoiaiōnioi) assembled together (ὁμοθυμαδόνhomothumadon) have not heard the voice of the exactor.” The Hebrew wordשׁאןshâ'anmeans “to rest, to be quiet, to be tranquil”; and the sense is, that they are in the grave freed from chains and oppressions. They hear not the voice of the oppressor -Of him who exacted taxes, and who laid on them heavy burdens, and who imprisoned them for imaginary crimes. He who is bound in chains, and who has no other prospect of release, can look for it in the grave and will find it there.

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