There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
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Verse 17 is found in chapter 3 of Job. Job asks why he was born and why he survived birth. Death is described as a place where social differences disappear and oppression ceases. The passage does not present an abstract doctrine about death, but rather imagines rest from a life that has become unbearable.
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Daselbst müssen doch aufhören die Gottlosen mit Toben; daselbst ruhen doch, die viel Mühe gehabt haben.
Allí los impíos dejan el perturbar, Y allí descansan los de cansadas fuerzas.
Allí los malvados dejan de perturbar y allí descansan los que han agotado sus fuerzas.
Là ne s'agitent plus les méchants, Et là se reposent ceux qui sont fatigués et sans force;
Quivi cessano gli empi di travagliare altrui, E quivi si riposano gli stanchi.
Ali os maus cessam de perturbar; e ali repousam os cansados.
在那裏惡人止息攪擾, 在那裏困乏人得享安息,
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