Job 3:17

wicked. lawless agitators. Hebrew. rasha'. App-44.

weary. worn out [of strength].

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

There the wicked cease - from “troubling.” In the grave - where kings and princes and infants lie. This verse is often applied to heaven, and the...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

There the wicked (l) cease [from] troubling; and there the weary be at rest. (l) That is, by death the cruelty of the tyrants has ceased.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job's Lamentation. Here the later poem begins, and at once we pass into another world. The patient Job of the Volksbuch is gone, and we have instea...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. There the wicked cease - In the grave the oppressors of men cease from irrit...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The weary be at rest— The Hebrew here כח יגיעי yegiiai koach signifies, The toils of power; and these toils of the great are put in opposition...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. The wicked - originally meaning those ever restless, full desires ( Is...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

There — i.e., in the grave, the place indicated, but not distinctly expressed.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Is Life Worth Living? Job 3:1-26 In the closing paragraphs of the previous chapter three friends arrive. Teman is Edom; for Shuah see Genesis...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Silent sympathy always creates an opportunity for grief to express itself. Job's outcry was undoubtedly an answer to their sympathy. So far, it was g...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(8) Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning. (9) Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look fo...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE BETTER WORLD ‘There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.’ Job 3:17 This text speaks to us over nearly four t...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

There the wicked cease [from] troubling ,.... At death, and in the grave; such who have been like the troubled sea, that cannot rest, have always be...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

There the wicked cease [from] troubling; and there the weary be at rest. Ver. 17. There the wicked cease from troubling ] Here they are restless,...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

There the wicked cease from troubling In the grave the great oppressors and troublers of the world cease from their vexatious rapines and murders;...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JOB'S BITTER COMPLAINT (vv.1-26) Though Job would not dare to curse God for his trouble, yet it seems that the presence of his friends only caus...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job's Complaint of Life. B. C. 1520. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

There, i.e. in the grave, which though not expressed, yet is clearly implied in the foregoing verses. The wicked cease from troubling; the great...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 3:1 . After this opened Job his mouth. The Masoretic Jews, as well as our modern divines, seem agreed that Job now began the drama, and spak...
The Biblical Illustrator

After this opened Job his month, and cursed his day. The peril of impulsive speech In regard to this chapter, containing the first speech of Jo...
The Biblical Illustrator

There the wicked cease from troubling. Wicked men trouble the world True rest and wickedness never meet; rest and the wicked meet but seldom. A...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

There the wicked cease from troubling, no longer being engaged in raging; and there the weary, those who suffered misery and trouble in this life,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

There — In the grave. The wicked — The great oppressors and troublers of the world cease from their vexations, rapins and murders. Weary — Those wh...

¹⁷ There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the wearyd be at rest.

Related Commentaries of Job 3:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 3:17