Job 3:17

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Summary

Job 3:17

There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

The wicked

At rest

Isaiah 57:1

Hebrews 4:9

Revelation 14:13

General references

Ecclesiastes 4:2

Bible References

The wicked

“Oh that You would hide me in Sheol,
That You would conceal me until Your wrath returns to You,
That You would set a limit for me and remember me!

Fear and trembling come upon me,
And

horror has overwhelmed me.

Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in

hell.

“I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that have no more that they can do.

For after all it is only just for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

(for by what he saw and heard that righteous man, while living among them, felt his righteous soul tormented day after day by their lawless deeds),

At rest

The righteous man perishes, and no man takes it to heart;
And devout men are taken away, while no one understands.
For the righteous man is taken away from evil,

So there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on!’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “so that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow with them.”

General references

So I congratulated the dead who are already dead more than the living who are still living.