Job 3:17-18

[clark thompson]

Job 3:17-18 King James Version (KJV)

17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

18 There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.


Job 3:17-18 Lexham English Bible (LEB)
17 There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest;18 the prisoners are at ease together;
they do not hear the oppressor’s voice.

Lexham English Bible (LEB) 2012 by Logos Bible Software. Lexham is a registered trademark of Logos Bible Software

These are my thoughts, please share yours.


17 Death stops evil but the evil people do face judgment, they do not just no longer exist but face the punishment for their sins in hell. Sin no longer happens after death, but the result of sin is hell our only hope is Jesus. We no longer have to work after we die as Christians we are given rest after death not just from work but from the troubles that come along with life.


18 At death people are no longer prisoners but if they are prisoners of sin by never being set free from sin by Christ, they will be prisoners in their judgment. They will not have to worry about pleasing their master any more but if they never worried about the Master then they have a lot more problems.

 

[Christ4Ever]

Hello Brother Clark!

First I must say that Job really didn't have an understanding of the afterlife. I think his words were driven more by the condition he found himself in. Almost like he was saying, death has to be better than this!

We know more from the NT concerning afterlife.
Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: 8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. 2 Corinthians 5:6,8
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. Philippians 1:21

Our Lord provides clarity of the afterlife.
41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: 46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. Matthew 25:41,46

As you have stated. Sin or the lack thereof through Christ Jesus, is what drives the where.

Nice post and like the way you're thinking :thumbsup:
YBIC
C4E