# For now I would have been lying down quietly. I would have slept and been at rest

Job begins talking about what would have been true if he had died at birth. He is sad that these things are not true. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-hypo]])

# lying down quietly

"asleep, resting peacefully"

# been at rest

Here the word "rest" means to sleep peacefully in death, but also that Job would not be experiencing the pain that he does. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])