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Job 3:19

Job 3:19
The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

The small and great are there,.... Both as to age, and with respect to bulk and strength of body, and also to estate and dignity; children and men, or those of low and high stature, or in a mean or…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The small and the great are there - The old and the young, the high and the low. Death levels all. It shows no respect to age; it spares none because they are vigorous, young, or beautiful. This…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 3:11-19

Job, perhaps reflecting upon himself for his folly in wishing he had never been born, follows it, and thinks to mend it, with another, little better, that he had died as soon as he was born, which he…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

small and great are there i. e. are there alike, the same.