Job 3:13

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

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  • Job 7:8-9 : 8 The eye of him who sees me now will see me no more; your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone. 9 As a cloud is dispersed and then disappears, so the one who goes down to the grave does not come up again. 10 He returns no more to his house, nor does his place of residence know him any more.
  • Job 7:21 : 21 And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, and you will seek me diligently, but I will be gone.”
  • Job 10:22 : 22 to the land of utter darkness, like the deepest darkness, and the deepest shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”
  • Job 14:10-12 : 10 But man dies and is powerless; he expires– and where is he? 11 As water disappears from the sea, or a river drains away and dries up, 12 so man lies down and does not rise; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake nor arise from their sleep.
  • Job 17:13 : 13 If I hope for the grave to be my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
  • Job 19:27 : 27 whom I will see for myself, and whom my own eyes will behold, and not another. My heart grows faint within me.
  • Job 21:13 : 13 They live out their years in prosperity and go down to the grave in peace.
  • Job 21:23 : 23 Death Levels Everything“One man dies in his full vigor, completely secure and prosperous,
  • Eccl 6:3-5 : 3 Even if a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years– even if he lives a long, long time, but cannot enjoy his prosperity– even if he were to live forever– I would say,“A stillborn child is better off than he is!” 4 Though the stillborn child came into the world for no reason and departed into darkness, though its name is shrouded in darkness, 5 though it never saw the light of day nor knew anything, yet it has more rest than that man–
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.

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    14with kings and counselors of the earth who built for themselves places now desolate,

    15or with princes who possessed gold, who filled their palaces with silver.

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    17There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.

    18There the prisoners relax together; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.

  • Job 3:10-12
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    10because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb on me, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes!

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    12Why did the knees welcome me, and why were there two breasts that I might nurse at them?

  • Job 3:25-26
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    25For the very thing I dreaded has happened to me, and what I feared has come upon me.

    26I have no ease, I have no quietness; I cannot rest; turmoil has come upon me.”

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    13If I say,“My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,”

  • Job 10:18-20
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    18An Appeal for Relief“Why then did you bring me out from the womb? I should have died and no eye would have seen me!

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    2Indeed, I have calmed and quieted myself like a weaned child with its mother; I am content like a young child.

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    13The Possibility of Another Life“O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!

  • Job 7:21
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    21And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, and you will seek me diligently, but I will be gone.”

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    2I was stone silent; I held back the urge to speak. My frustration grew;

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    5I rested and slept; I awoke, for the LORD protects me.

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    3thus I have been made to inherit months of futility, and nights of sorrow have been appointed to me.

    4If I lie down, I say,‘When will I arise?’, and the night stretches on and I toss and turn restlessly until the day dawns.

  • Job 13:19
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    19Who will contend with me? If anyone can, I will be silent and die.

  • Jer 31:26
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    26Then they will say,‘Under these conditions I can enjoy sweet sleep when I wake up and look around.’”

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    13In the troubling thoughts of the dreams in the night when a deep sleep falls on men,

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    3When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long.

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    15If I had publicized these thoughts, I would have betrayed your people.

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    10Then I would yet have my comfort, then I would rejoice, in spite of pitiless pain, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

  • Prov 3:24
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    24When you lie down you will not be filled with fear; when you lie down your sleep will be pleasant.

  • Job 17:13
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    13If I hope for the grave to be my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,

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    7The whole earth rests and is quiet; they break into song.

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    3O that I knew where I might find him, that I could come to his place of residence!

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    13“Refrain from talking with me so that I may speak; then let come to me what may.

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    33“A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,

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    5If only you would keep completely silent! For you, that would be wisdom.

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    3But I wish to speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.

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    15In a dream, a night vision, when deep sleep falls on people as they sleep in their beds.

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    28י(Yod) Let a person sit alone in silence, when the LORD is disciplining him.

  • Gen 31:40
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    40I was consumed by scorching heat during the day and by piercing cold at night, and I went without sleep.

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    13I cry out until morning; like a lion he shatters all my bones; you turn day into night and end my life.

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    17I am deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is.

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    8I will lie down and sleep peacefully, for you, LORD, make me safe and secure.

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    6I say,“I wish I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and settle in a safe place!

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    18My people will live in peaceful settlements, in secure homes, and in safe, quiet places.

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    17If the LORD had not helped me, I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.

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    15What can I say? He has decreed and acted. I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief.

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    33if I have covered my transgressions as men do, by hiding iniquity in my heart,

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    3Look at me! Answer me, O LORD my God! Revive me, or else I will die!

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    27If I say,‘I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression and be cheerful,’