Job 3:13, 17 | JFB | STEP | 13. lain . . . quiet . . . slept —a gradation. I should not only have lain, but been quiet, and not only been quiet, but slept. Death in Scripture is called "sleep" ( ); especially in the New Testament, where the resurrection-awakening is more clearly set forth ( ).

Job 3:13

13. lain . . . quiet . . . slept—a gradation. I should not only have lain, but been quiet, and not only been quiet, but slept. Death in Scripture is called "sleep" (Ps 13:3); especially in the New Testament, where the resurrection-awakening is more clearly set forth (1Co 15:51; 1Th 4:14; 5:10).

Job 3:17

17. the wicked—the original meaning, "those ever restless," "full of desires" (Isa 57:20, 21).

the weary—literally, "those whose strength is wearied out" (Re 14:13).