Protestantism
English
There the prisoners are at ease together; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
Together prisoners have been at ease, They have not heard the voice of an exactor,
The prisoners together are at ease; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
The prisoners rest together, and heare not the voyce of the oppressour.
There the prisoners are at ease together. They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.
There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
There the prisoners are at peace together; the voice of the overseer comes not again to their ears.
The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.
There the prisoners are at ease together; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
[There] the prisoners rest together, they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.
There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
the prisoners are at ease together; they do not hear the oppressor’s voice.
The prisoners are at ease together, they hear not the voice of the slave driver;
the prisoners are at rest together; they hear not the voice of the slave driver.
There the prisoners are at ease together. They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.
There the prisoners are at ease together. They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.
There the prisoners are at ease together. They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.
There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
Catholicism
English
And they sometime bound together without disquiet, have not heard the voice of the oppressor.
And at such times, having been bound together without difficulty, they have not heard the voice of the bailiff.1
- 3:18The word ‘exactoris’ can mean bailiff or tax collector (as in a subsequent verse). Since this word is here used metaphorically, it is difficult to say which word would be the best translation. Job is referring to the dead, who do not hear the voice of ... tax collectors and government officials on earth ... or, perhaps, those in charge of their incarceration (in Purgatory?) in the afterlife.(Conte)