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There the wicked cease from troubling; There the weary are at rest.
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The Grave's Peaceful Repose
All commentators agree that in this verse, Job is speaking about the grave. In his profound suffering, he views the grave as a desirable place of peace, where the wicked can no longer persecute or cause trouble, and where those exhausted by life's toils can finally find complete rest.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
There the wicked cease—from “troubling.” In the grave—where kings and princes and infants lie. This verse is often applied to heave…
19th Century
Anglican
There —that is, in the grave, the place indicated, but not distinctly expressed.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
There the wicked cease [from] troubling At death, and in the grave; such who have been like the troubled sea, that c…
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Job complained of those present at his birth for their tender attention to him. No creature comes into the world so helpless as man. God's power an…
13th Century
Catholic
After cursing the day of his birth and the night of his conception to show that he detested his life from its beginning, Job now shows that he also…
