Job 3:18 Cross References - EJ2000

¹⁸ There the prisoners rest together, they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.

⁶ And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying, ⁷ Ye shall no longer give the people firewood to make brick as until now; let them go and gather firewood for themselves. ⁸ And the tally of the bricks which they made before, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish any of it; for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

¹⁵ ¶ Then the officers of the sons of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Why doest thou deal thus with thy slaves? ¹⁶ There is no firewood given unto thy slaves, yet they say to us, Make brick. Behold, thy slaves are beaten; and thy people sin. ¹⁷ And he replied, Ye are idle, ye are idle, therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice unto the LORD. ¹⁸ Go therefore now and work, for no firewood shall be given you, yet ye shall deliver the tally of bricks. ¹⁹ Then the officers of the sons of Israel saw that they were afflicted after it was said, Ye shall not diminish any from the bricks of your daily quota.

³ And the sons of Israel cried unto the LORD, for he had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had mightily oppressed the sons of Israel for twenty years.

⁷ He laughs at the multitude of the city, neither does he hearken to the voice of the exactor of tribute.

³ And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow and from thy fear and from the hard bondage in which thou wast made to serve, ⁴ ¶ that thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon and say, How has the oppressor ceased! The city that covets gold has ceased!