Job 3:17
Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
שָׁבַת
shâbath
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
ταραχή
tarachḗ
disturbance, i.e. (of water) roiling, or (of a mob) sedition
לָאָה
lâʼâh
to tire; (figuratively) to be (or make) disgusted
יֶתֶר
yether
properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free)
Key Terms in This Verse
ταραχή tarachḗ
disturbance, i.e. (of water) roiling, or (of a mob) sedition
Study G5016 →שָׁבַת shâbath
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
Study H7673 →יֶתֶר yether
properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free)
Study H3499 →Cross References
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do foll...
They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
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