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15 or princes who amassed[a] gold for themselves,
    and who kept filling their houses with silver.

16 “Or why was I not buried[b] like a stillborn child,[c]
    like babies[d] who never saw the light?
17 In that place, the wicked stop causing trouble,
    and there, those whose strength is exhausted are at rest.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 3:15 The Heb. lacks who amassed
  2. Job 3:16 Lit. hidden
  3. Job 3:16 Or miscarriage
  4. Job 3:16 Lit. children

15 with princes(A) who had gold,
    who filled their houses with silver.(B)
16 Or why was I not hidden away in the ground like a stillborn child,(C)
    like an infant who never saw the light of day?(D)
17 There the wicked cease from turmoil,(E)
    and there the weary are at rest.(F)

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