Job 3:13 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 3:13

11 “Why^a did I not die at birth?
Why did I not¹ perish when I came from the womb?

12 ^aWhy did the knees receive me?
Or why the breasts, that I should nurse?

13 For now I would have lain still and been quiet,
I would have been asleep;
Then I would have been at rest

14 With kings and counselors of the earth,
Who ^abuilt ruins for themselves,

15 Or with princes who had gold,
Who filled their houses with silver;

16 Or why was I not hidden ^alike a stillborn child,
Like infants who never saw light?

17 There the wicked cease from troubling,
And there the¹ weary are at ^arest.

18 There the prisoners¹ rest together;
^aThey do not hear the voice of the oppressor.

19 The small and great are there,
And the servant is free from his master.

20 “Why^a is light given to him who is in misery,
And life to the ^bbitter of soul,

21 Who ^along for death, but it does not come,
And search for it more than ^bhidden treasures;

Verse Comparison: Job 3:13

American Standard Version
For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then had I been at rest,

Amplified® Bible
For then would I have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept; then would I have been at rest [in death]

Contemporary English Version
Now I would be at peace in the silent world below

Darby English Version
For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

Good News Bible
If I had died then, I would be at rest now,

King James Version
For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

New American Standard Bible
"For now I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept then, I would have been at rest,

New International Version
For now I would be lying down in peace;
I would be asleep and at rest

New King James Version
For now I would have lain still and been quiet,
I would have been asleep;
Then I would have been at rest

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"For now I would have lain down and remained quiet; I would have slept then, I would have stayed at rest,

Revised Standard Version
For then I should have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then I should have been at rest,

Young's Literal Translation
For now, I have lain down, and am quiet, I have slept -- then there is rest to me,

New English Translation
For now¹ I would be lying down and² would be quiet,³ I would be asleep and then at peace⁴