Job 3:13 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
For now, I have lain down, and am quiet, I have slept -- then there is rest to me,
English ASV
For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then had I been at rest,
English Amplified
For then would I have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept; then would I have been at rest [in death]
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
For then would I have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept; then would I have been at rest [in death]
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
Now I would certainly be lying down in peace; I would be asleep. Then I would be at rest
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
English EASY 2024
If I had died at birth, I would now be resting in peace.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
If I had died when I was born, I would be at peace now. I wish I were asleep and at rest
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
For then I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept; then I would have been at rest,
English GNT (Good News Translation)
If I had died then, I would be at rest now,
English God's Word - GW 1995
Instead of being alive, I would now be quietly lying down. I would now be sleeping peacefully.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
For then I would have laid down in peace; I would be asleep. Then I would be at rest
English KJV 1611
For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
English LSB
For now I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept then; it would have been rest to me,
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
For now I would be lying down and would be at peace; I would have slept; then there would be rest for me,
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
"For now I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept then, I would have been at rest,
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
For then I should have lain down and been tranquil; had I slept, I should then have been at rest
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
For now I would be lying down and would be quiet, I would be asleep and then at peace
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
If all of that hadn't happened, I would be lying down in peace. I'd be asleep and at rest in the grave.
English NIV
For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest
English NKJ 1982
For now I would have lain still and been quiet, I would have been asleep; Then I would have been at rest
English NLT
For if I had died at birth, I would be at peace now, asleep and at rest.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
Now I would be lying down and quiet; I would be asleep; then I would be at rest
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
For then I should have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then I should have been at rest,
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
For if only I had died at birth, then I would be quiet now, asleep and at rest,
English Tyndale 1537
Then should I now have layen still, I should have slept, and been at rest: