King James Version

Job 3:18

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

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יַ֭חַדyachadalikeיַחַדadverb — “alike”H3162properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedlyalike, at all (once), both, likewise, only, (al-) together, withal.אֲסִירִ֣יםasirimboundאָסִירnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “bound”, the ordinary formH615bound, i.e. a captive(those which are) bound, prisoner.שַׁאֲנָ֑נוּshaananvbe at easeשָׁאַןverb, palel, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “be at ease”, a completed actionH7599to loll, i.e. be peacefulbe at ease, be quiet, rest. See also H1052 (בֵּית שְׁאָן).לֹ֥אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…שָׁ֝מְע֗וּshamevhearשָׁמַעverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “hear”, a completed actionH8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)[idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) n…ק֣וֹלqolsoundקוֹלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “sound”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6963a voice or sound[phrase] aloud, bleating, crackling, cry ([phrase] out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, [phrase] hold peace, (pro-) claim, proclamation, [phrase] sing, sound, [phrase] spark, thunder(-ing), voice, [phrase] yell.נֹגֵֽשׂnogesdistressנָגַשׂverb, qal, participle, absolute — “distress”, a verb used as a describing wordH5065to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannizedistress, driver, exact(-or), oppress(-or), [idiom] raiser of taxes, taskmaster.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

There the prisoners are at ease together; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.

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American Standard Version (1901)

There the prisoners are at ease together; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.

Young’s Literal Translation

Together prisoners have been at ease, They have not heard the voice of an exactor,

World English Bible

There the prisoners are at ease together. They don’t hear the voice of the taskmaster.

Darby Translation

The prisoners together are at ease; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.

Douay-Rheims

And they sometime bound together without disquiet, have not heard the voice of the oppressor.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

There the prisoners are at ease together; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the men of old time have together ceased to hear the exactor's voice.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὁμοθυμαδὸν δὲ οἱ αἰώνιοι οὐκ ἤκουσαν φωνὴν φορολόγου.