King James Version
Job 3:18 in the King James Version says “There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.” — study this verse from Job chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.”
Job 3:18 · KJV
Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. weary: Heb. wearied in strength
There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“they hear”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“of the oppressor”
H5065to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize
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