Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Now I would certainly be lying down in peace;
I would be asleep.
Then I would be at rest

New American Standard Bible

“For now I would have lain down and been quiet;
I would have slept then, I would have been at rest,

King James Version

For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

International Standard Version

"If I had died, I would be lying down by now, undisturbed, asleep, and at rest,

A Conservative Version

For now I should have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept. Then I would have been at rest

American Standard Version

For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then had I been at rest,

Amplified


“For now I would have lain down and been quiet;
I would have slept then, I would have been at rest [in death],

Bible in Basic English

For then I might have gone to my rest in quiet, and in sleep have been in peace,

Darby Translation

For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

Julia Smith Translation

For now I lay down and I shall rest; I slept: then there will be rest to me.

King James 2000

For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then would I have been at rest,

Lexham Expanded Bible

For now I would lie down, and I would be at peace; I would be asleep; then {I would be at rest}

Modern King James verseion

For now I should have lain still and been quiet; I should have slept. Then I would have been at rest

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Then should I now have lain still; I should have slept, and been at rest,

NET Bible

For now I would be lying down and would be quiet, I would be asleep and then at peace

New Heart English Bible

For now should I have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept, then I would have been at rest,

The Emphasized Bible

Surely, at once, had I lain down, and been quiet, I had fallen asleep, then, had I been at rest:

Webster

For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

World English Bible

For now should I have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept, then I would have been at rest,

Youngs Literal Translation

For now, I have lain down, and am quiet, I have slept -- then there is rest to me,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁכב 
Shakab 
Usage: 210

and been quiet
שׁקט 
Shaqat 
Usage: 41

ישׁן 
Yashen 
Usage: 19

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Job Wishes He Had Died

12 Why did the knees receive me,
and why were there breasts for me to nurse?
13 Now I would certainly be lying down in peace;
I would be asleep.
Then I would be at rest
14 with the kings and counselors of the earth,
who rebuilt ruined cities for themselves,


Cross References

Job 7:8-10

The eye of anyone who looks on me
will no longer see me.
Your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone.

Job 7:21

Why not forgive my sin
and pardon my transgression?
For soon I will lie down in the grave.
You will eagerly seek me, but I will be gone.

Job 10:22

It is a land of blackness like the deepest darkness,
gloomy and chaotic,
where even the light is like the darkness.”

Job 14:10-12

But a man dies and fades away;
he breathes his last—where is he?

Job 17:13

If I await Sheol as my home,
spread out my bed in darkness,

Job 19:27

I will see Him myself;
my eyes will look at Him, and not as a stranger.
My heart longs within me.

Job 21:13

They spend their days in prosperity
and go down to Sheol in peace.

Job 21:23

One person dies in excellent health,
completely secure and at ease.

Ecclesiastes 6:3-5

A man may father a hundred children and live many years. No matter how long he lives, if he is not satisfied by good things and does not even have a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever your hands find to do, do with all your strength, because there is no work, planning, knowledge, or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.

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