King James Version
Job 3:19 in the King James Version says “The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.” — study this verse from Job chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.”
Job 3:19 · KJV
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;
Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; long: Heb. wait
KJV Study — Public Domain
“The small”
H6996abbreviated, i.e., diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
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