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There the prisoners are at ease together. They don`t hear the voice of the taskmaster.
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Death as the Great Liberator
Commentators explain that for Job, the grave represents a profound release from earthly suffering. In death, prisoners are freed from their chains and no longer hear the voice of their 'oppressor' or 'taskmaster.' Scholars like Albert Barnes and John Gill note that death is the great equalizer, where the oppressed find tranquility and rest on the same level as those who once imprisoned them. It is a state of ultimate, peaceful freedom from worldly injustice.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
There the prisoners rest together - Herder translates this, “There the prisoners rejoice in their freedom.” The Septuagint, strange…
19th Century
Anglican
The oppressor. As this is the word rendered taskmaster in Exodus, some have thought there may be an allusion to that hist…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
[There] the prisoners rest together Are at ease", as Mr. Broughton renders the words; such who while they lived were…
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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…