Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"If I had died, I would be lying down by now, undisturbed, asleep, and at rest,
New American Standard Bible
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,
Holman Bible
I would be asleep.
Then I would be 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,
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Context Readings
Job Wishes He Had Died
12 Why was there a lap to hold me, and why were there breasts to nurse me? 13 "If I had died, I would be lying down by now, undisturbed, asleep, and at rest, 14 along with kings and counselors of the earth, who used to build for themselves what are now only ruins,
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Cross References
Job 7:8-10
The eyes of the one who sees me won't see me anymore; your eyes will look for me but I won't be around!
Job 7:21
Why haven't you pardoned my transgression and taken away my iniquity? Now I'm about to lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I won't be around!"
Job 10:22
It's a gloomy land, like deepest darkness; where there's no order, and where even the brightness is like darkness.'"
Job 14:10-12
"But when a person dies and wastes away, when a person breathes his last, where will he be?
Job 17:13
"If my hope were that my house is the afterlife itself, if I were to make my bed in darkness,
Job 19:27
whom I will see for myself. My own eyes will look at him there won't be anyone else for me! He is the culmination of my innermost desire."
Job 21:13
They grow old in prosperity, as they descend peacefully into the afterlife.
Job 21:23
Such persons will die in their full vigor, completely prosperous and secure.
Ecclesiastes 6:3-5
A man might father a hundred children, and live for many years, so that the length of his life is long but if his life does not overflow with goodness, and he doesn't receive a proper burial, I maintain that stillborn children are better off than he is,
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever the activity in which you engage, do it with all your ability, because there is no work, no planning, no learning, and no wisdom in the next world where you're going.