What does Job 3:17 mean?

Job 3:17 highlights themes such as rest, wickedness, peace when read in context.

How should I apply Job 3:17 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

15Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:

16Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.

17There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

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

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

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Revelation 14:13
Both verses speak of rest for the weary and the end of troubles.