Job 3:19

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Both small and great are there, and the slave is freed from his master.”

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BSBPD

“Both small and great are there, and the slave is freed from his master.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“The small and the great are there: And the servant is free from his master.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Small and great <FI>are<Fi> there the same. And a servant <FI>is<Fi> free from his lord.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 3:19 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 21:26But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.
  2. Job 30:23Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
  3. Psalms 49:2both low and high, rich and poor alike.
  4. Psalms 49:6They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
  5. Psalms 49:14Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.
  6. Ecclesiastes 8:8As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
  7. Ecclesiastes 12:5when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels— for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.
  8. Ecclesiastes 12:7before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
  9. Luke 16:22One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.
  10. Hebrews 9:27Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,

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