Job 3:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

There the passions of the evil are over, and those whose strength has come to an end have rest.

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  • Job 17:16 : 16 Will they go down with me into the underworld? Will we go down together into the dust?
  • Rev 14:13 : 13 And a voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Put in writing, There is a blessing on the dead who from now on come to their end in the Lord: yes, says the Spirit, that they may have rest from their troubles; for their works go with them.
  • Job 14:13 : 13 If only you would keep me safe in the underworld, putting me in a secret place till your wrath is past, giving me a fixed time when I might come to your memory again!
  • Ps 55:5-8 : 5 Fear and shaking have come over me, with deep fear I am covered. 6 And I said, If only I had wings like a dove! for then I would go in flight from here and be at rest. 7 I would go wandering far away, living in the waste land. (Selah.) 8 I would quickly take cover from the driving storm and from the violent wind.
  • Isa 57:1-2 : 1 The upright man goes to his death, and no one gives a thought to it; and god-fearing men are taken away, and no one is troubled by it; for the upright man is taken away because of evil-doing, and goes into peace. 2 They are at rest in their last resting-places, every one going straight before him.
  • Matt 10:28 : 28 And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.
  • Luke 12:4 : 4 And I say to you, my friends, Have no fear of those who may put the body to death, and are able to do no more than that.
  • 2 Thess 1:6-7 : 6 For it is an act of righteousness on God's part to give trouble as their reward to those who are troubling you, 7 And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus comes from heaven with the angels of his power in flames of fire,
  • Heb 4:9 : 9 So that there is still a Sabbath-keeping for the people of God.
  • Heb 4:11 : 11 Because of this, let us have a strong desire to come into that rest, and let no one go after the example of those who went against God's orders.
  • 2 Pet 2:8 : 8 (Because the soul of that upright man living among them was pained from day to day by seeing and hearing their crimes):

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    7 All the earth is at rest and is quiet: they are bursting into song.

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    26 I have no peace, no quiet, and no rest; nothing but pain comes on me.

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    10 For in a short time the evil-doer will be gone: you will go searching for his place, and it will not be there.

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    20 The evil man is in pain all his days, and the number of the years stored up for the cruel is small.

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    16 Will they go down with me into the underworld? Will we go down together into the dust?

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    22 There is no peace, says the Lord, for the evil-doers.

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    5 And in the same place he says again, They will not come into my rest.

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    17 My soul is sent far away from peace, I have no more memory of good.

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