Welcome to our website where we explore the Bible! Pleasure to meet you here!
May your journey into the world of the Holy Scriptures be engaging and inspiring!
You can change reading language: uk ru
Parallel
New American Standard Bible
New Living Translation
Job’s Lament
Afterward Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
Afterward Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
Job’s First Speech
At last Job spoke, and he cursed the day of his birth.
At last Job spoke, and he cursed the day of his birth.
“Let the day perish on which I was to be born,
And the night which said, ‘A boy is conceived.’
And the night which said, ‘A boy is conceived.’
“Let the day of my birth be erased,
and the night I was conceived.
and the night I was conceived.
“May that day be darkness;
Let not God above care for it,
Nor light shine on it.
Let not God above care for it,
Nor light shine on it.
Let that day be turned to darkness.
Let it be lost even to God on high,
and let no light shine on it.
Let it be lost even to God on high,
and let no light shine on it.
“Let darkness and black gloom claim it;
Let a cloud settle on it;
Let the blackness of the day terrify it.
Let a cloud settle on it;
Let the blackness of the day terrify it.
Let the darkness and utter gloom claim that day for its own.
Let a black cloud overshadow it,
and let the darkness terrify it.
Let a black cloud overshadow it,
and let the darkness terrify it.
“As for that night, let darkness seize it;
Let it not rejoice among the days of the year;
Let it not come into the number of the months.
Let it not rejoice among the days of the year;
Let it not come into the number of the months.
Let that night be blotted off the calendar,
never again to be counted among the days of the year,
never again to appear among the months.
never again to be counted among the days of the year,
never again to appear among the months.
“Behold, let that night be barren;
Let no joyful shout enter it.
Let no joyful shout enter it.
Let that night be childless.
Let it have no joy.
Let it have no joy.
“Let those curse it who curse the day,
Who are prepared to rouse Leviathan.
Who are prepared to rouse Leviathan.
“Let the stars of its twilight be darkened;
Let it wait for light but have none,
And let it not see the breaking dawn;
Let it wait for light but have none,
And let it not see the breaking dawn;
Let its morning stars remain dark.
Let it hope for light, but in vain;
may it never see the morning light.
Let it hope for light, but in vain;
may it never see the morning light.
Because it did not shut the opening of my mother’s womb,
Or hide trouble from my eyes.
Or hide trouble from my eyes.
Curse that day for failing to shut my mother’s womb,
for letting me be born to see all this trouble.
for letting me be born to see all this trouble.
“Why did I not die at birth,
Come forth from the womb and expire?
Come forth from the womb and expire?
“Why wasn’t I born dead?
Why didn’t I die as I came from the womb?
Why didn’t I die as I came from the womb?
“Why did the knees receive me,
And why the breasts, that I should suck?
And why the breasts, that I should suck?
Why was I laid on my mother’s lap?
Why did she nurse me at her breasts?
Why did she nurse me at her breasts?
“For now I would have lain down and been quiet;
I would have slept then, I would have been at rest,
I would have slept then, I would have been at rest,
Had I died at birth, I would now be at peace.
I would be asleep and at rest.
I would be asleep and at rest.
With kings and with counselors of the earth,
Who rebuilt ruins for themselves;
Who rebuilt ruins for themselves;
I would rest with the world’s kings and prime ministers,
whose great buildings now lie in ruins.
whose great buildings now lie in ruins.
Or with princes who had gold,
Who were filling their houses with silver.
Who were filling their houses with silver.
I would rest with princes, rich in gold,
whose palaces were filled with silver.
whose palaces were filled with silver.
“Or like a miscarriage which is discarded, I would not be,
As infants that never saw light.
As infants that never saw light.
Why wasn’t I buried like a stillborn child,
like a baby who never lives to see the light?
like a baby who never lives to see the light?
“There the wicked cease from raging,
And there the weary are at rest.
And there the weary are at rest.
For in death the wicked cause no trouble,
and the weary are at rest.
and the weary are at rest.
“The prisoners are at ease together;
They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.
They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.
Even captives are at ease in death,
with no guards to curse them.
with no guards to curse them.
“The small and the great are there,
And the slave is free from his master.
And the slave is free from his master.
Rich and poor are both there,
and the slave is free from his master.
and the slave is free from his master.
“Why is light given to him who suffers,
And life to the bitter of soul,
And life to the bitter of soul,
“Oh, why give light to those in misery,
and life to those who are bitter?
and life to those who are bitter?
Who long for death, but there is none,
And dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
And dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
They long for death, and it won’t come.
They search for death more eagerly than for hidden treasure.
They search for death more eagerly than for hidden treasure.
Who rejoice greatly,
And exult when they find the grave?
And exult when they find the grave?
They’re filled with joy when they finally die,
and rejoice when they find the grave.
and rejoice when they find the grave.
“Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden,
And whom God has hedged in?
And whom God has hedged in?
Why is life given to those with no future,
those God has surrounded with difficulties?
those God has surrounded with difficulties?
“For my groaning comes at the sight of my food,
And my cries pour out like water.
And my cries pour out like water.
I cannot eat for sighing;
my groans pour out like water.
my groans pour out like water.
“For what I fear comes upon me,
And what I dread befalls me.
And what I dread befalls me.
What I always feared has happened to me.
What I dreaded has come true.
What I dreaded has come true.