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The Book of Job, Chapter 3, Verse 19

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[There] the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
King James Version
The small and great are there; and the servant [is] free from his master.
American Standard Version
The small and the great are there: And the servant is free from his master.
New English Translation
Small and great are there, and the slave is free from his master.
World English Bible
The small and the great are there. The servant is free from his master.
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Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter [in] soul;
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Which long for death, but it [cometh] not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
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Which rejoice exceedingly, [and] are glad, when they can find the grave?
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[Why is light given] to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
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For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
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For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
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I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
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Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
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[If] we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
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Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.