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Job 3:13
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Now I would certainly be lying down in peace;I would be asleep.Then I would be at rest
For now should I have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept, then I would have been at rest,
For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
For then I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept; then I would have been at rest,
If they had not been there, I would be lying dead in peace; I would be asleep and at rest
For now I would be lying down and would be quiet, I would be asleep and then at peace
"For now I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept then, I would have been at rest [in death],
"For now I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept then, I would have been at rest,
For now should I have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept, then I would have been at rest,
For so shoulde I now haue lyen and bene quiet, I should haue slept then, and bene at rest,
For now I would have lain down and been quiet;I would have slept then; it would have been rest to me,
For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest
Now I would be at peace in the silent world below
along with kings and their earthly advisers, who rebuilt ruins for themselves,
For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
If I had died when I was born, I would be at peace now. I wish I were asleep and at rest
For now I should have been laid in the grave and been quiet, I should have slept; then I should have been at rest,
If I had died then, I would be at rest now,
For now I would lie down, and I would be at peace; I would be asleep; then I would be at rest
For now I would have lain down and have been quiet; I would have slept. Then I would have been at rest,
Then shulde I now haue lyen still, I shulde haue slepte, and bene at rest:
For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then had I been at rest,
For then I might have gone to my rest in quiet, and in sleep have been in peace,
Then should I nowe haue lyen stil, I shoulde haue slept, and ben at rest,
For now should I have lain still and been quiet; I should have slept; then had I been at rest--
For now should I haue lien still and beene quiet, I should haue slept; then had I bene at rest,
Now I should have lain down and been quiet, I should have slept and been at rest,
For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then had I been at rest:
For now Y slepynge schulde be stille, and schulde reste in my sleep,
For now I should have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then I would have been at rest,
For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
For now I would have lain still and been quiet, I would have been asleep; Then I would have been at rest
For now I would have lain down and been quiet. I would have slept then. I would have been at rest,
Now I would be lying down and quiet; I would be asleep; then I would be at rest
Surely, at once, had I lain down, and been quiet, I had fallen asleep, then, had I been at rest:
For now I should have been asleep and still, and should have rest in my sleep:
For then I should have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then I should have been at rest,
For now, I have lain down, and am quiet, I have slept -- then there is rest to me,
"For now I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept then, I would have been at rest,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
then had I been at rest: Ecclesiastes 6:3-5, Ecclesiastes 9:10
Reciprocal: Job 7:21 - sleep Job 14:12 - awake Ezekiel 32:27 - shall not Luke 16:22 - that
Cross-References
"You won't die!" the serpent replied to the woman.
The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too.
Then the Lord God called to the man, "Where are you?"
He replied, "I heard you walking in the garden, so I hid. I was afraid because I was naked."
The man replied, "It was the woman you gave me who gave me the fruit, and I ate it."
"What have you done?" Joseph demanded. "Don't you know that a man like me can predict the future?"
but Samuel said, "What is this you have done?" Saul replied, "I saw my men scattering from me, and you didn't arrive when you said you would, and the Philistines are at Micmash ready for battle.
Joab rushed to the king and demanded, "What have you done? What do you mean by letting Abner get away?
"Am I a Jew?" Pilate retorted. "Your own people and their leading priests brought you to me for trial. Why? What have you done?"
And it was not Adam who was deceived by Satan. The woman was deceived, and sin was the result.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For now should I have lain still, and been quiet,.... Signifying, that if the above had been his case, if he had died as soon as born, or quickly after, then he would have been laid in the grave, where he would have lain as still as on a bed; for such is the grave to dead bodies as a bed is to those that lie down and sleep upon it; a place of ease and quiet, where there is freedom from all care and thought, from all trouble, anxiety, and distress; nay, more so than on a bed, where there is often tossing to and fro, and great disquietude, but none to the body in the grave, that is still and silent, where there is no uneasiness nor disturbance, see Job 17:13;
I should have slept; soundly and quietly, which persons do not always upon their beds; sometimes they cannot sleep at all, and when they do, they are frequently distressed with uneasy thoughts, frightful dreams, and terrifying visions, Job 4:13; but death is a sound sleep until the resurrection morn, which Job had knowledge of, and faith in, and so considered the state of the dead in this light; death is often in Scripture expressed by sleeping, Daniel 12:2; which refers not to the soul, which in a separate state is active and vigorous, and always employed; but to the body, which, as in sleep, so in death, is deprived of the senses, and the exercise of them; on which account there is a great likeness between sleep and death, and out of which a man awakes brisk and cheerful, as the saints will at the time of their resurrection, which will be like an awaking out of sleep:
then had I been at rest; from all toil and labour, from all diseases and pains of body, from all troubles of whatsoever kind, and particularly from those he now laboured under, Daniel 12:2- :.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For now should I have lain still - In this verse Job uses four expressions to describe the state in which be would have been if he had been so happy as to have died when an infant. It is evidently a very pleasant subject to him, and he puts it in a great variety of form. He uses thc words which express the most quiet repose, a state of perfect rest, a gentle slumber; and then in the next verses he says, that instead of being in the miserable condition in which he then was, he would have been in the same state with kings and the most illustrious men of the earth.
I should have lain still - - שׁכב shâkab. I should have been “lying down,” as one does who is taking grateful repose. This is a word of less strength than any of those which follow.
And been quiet - - שׁקט shâqaṭ. A word of stronger signification than that before used. It means to rest, to lie down, to have quiet. It is used of one who is never troubled, harassed, or infested by others, Judges 3:11; Judges 5:31; Judges 8:25; and of one who has no fear or dread, Psalms 76:9. The meaning is, that he would not only have lain down, but; would have been perfectly tranquil. Nothing would have harassed him, nothing would have given him any annoyance.
I should have slept - - ישׁן yâshên. This expression also is in advance of those before used. There would not only have been “quiet,” but there would have been a calm and gentle slumber. Sleep is often representcd as “the kinsman of death.” Thus, Virgil speaks of it:
“Tum consanguineus Leti sopor - “
Aeneid vi. 278.
So Homer:
Enth' hupnō cumblēto chasignēto thanatoio -
Iliad, 14:231.
This comparsion is an obvious one, and is frequently used in the Classical writers. It is employed to denote the calmness, stillness, and quiet of death. In the Scriptures it frequently occurs, and with a significancy far more beautiful. It is there employed not only to denote the tranquility of death, but also to denote the Christian hopes of a resurrection and the prospect of being awakened out of the long sleep. We lie down to rest at night with the hopes of awaking again. We sleep calmly, with the expectation that it will be only a temporary repose, and that we shall be aroused, invigorated for augmented toil, and refreshed for sweeter pleasure. So the Christian lies down in the grave. So the infant is committed to the calm slumber of the tomb. It may be a sleep stretching on through many nights and weeks and years and centuries, and even cycles of ages, but it is not eternal. The eyes will be opened again to behold the beauties of creation; the ear will be unstoppod to hear the sweet voice of fricndship and the harmony of music; and the frame will be raised up beautiful and immortal to engage in the service of the God that made us; compare Psalms 13:3; Psalms 90:5; John 11:11; 1 Corinthians 15:51; 1Th 4:14; 1 Thessalonians 5:10. Whether Job used the word in this sense and with this understanding, has been made a matter of question, and will be considered more fully in the examination of the passage in Job 19:25-27.
Then had I been at rest - Instead of the troubles and anxieties which I now experience. That is, he would have been lying in calm and honorable repose with the kings and princes of the earth.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 3:13. For now should I have lain still — In that case I had been insensible; quiet - without these overwhelming agitations; slept - unconscious of evil; been at rest - been out of the reach of calamity and sorrow.
