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Job 3:18

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”

— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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

Job 3:18 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 3:18

Theological / Devotional

Prisoners. Or, “bondmen.” Here those who work at enforced labor and are constantly under the lash of the “oppressor” are indicated. The word translated “oppressor” is the one rendered “taskmaster” in Exodus 3:7; 5:6, 10, 13, 14.

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