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Job Speaks
After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
Job Laments his Birth
After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed his day.
After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed his day.
“May the day of my birth perish,
and the night that said, ‘A boy is conceived!’
and the night that said, ‘A boy is conceived!’
Let the day perish in which I was born, and the night that said, There is a man child conceived.
That day — may it turn to darkness;
may God above not care about it;
may no light shine on it.
may God above not care about it;
may no light shine on it.
That day -- let it be darkness, let not +God care for it from above, neither let light shine upon it:
May gloom and utter darkness claim it once more;
may a cloud settle over it;
may blackness overwhelm it.
may a cloud settle over it;
may blackness overwhelm it.
Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it; let clouds dwell upon it; let darkeners of the day terrify it.
That night — may thick darkness seize it;
may it not be included among the days of the year
nor be entered in any of the months.
may it not be included among the days of the year
nor be entered in any of the months.
That night -- let gloom seize upon it; let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.
May that night be barren;
may no shout of joy be heard in it.
may no shout of joy be heard in it.
Behold, let that night be barren; let no joyful sound come therein;
Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to rouse Leviathan;
May its morning stars become dark;
may it wait for daylight in vain
and not see the first rays of dawn,
may it wait for daylight in vain
and not see the first rays of dawn,
Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it wait for light, and have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the dawn:
for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me
to hide trouble from my eyes.
to hide trouble from my eyes.
Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, and hid not trouble from mine eyes.
“Why did I not perish at birth,
and die as I came from the womb?
and die as I came from the womb?
Wherefore did I not die from the womb, -- come forth from the belly and expire?
Why were there knees to receive me
and breasts that I might be nursed?
and breasts that I might be nursed?
Why did the knees meet me? and wherefore the breasts, that I should suck?
For now I would be lying down in peace;
I would be asleep and at rest
I would be asleep and at rest
For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
with kings and rulers of the earth,
who built for themselves places now lying in ruins,
who built for themselves places now lying in ruins,
With kings and counsellors of the earth, who build desolate places for themselves,
with princes who had gold,
who filled their houses with silver.
who filled their houses with silver.
Or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver;
Or why was I not hidden away in the ground like a stillborn child,
like an infant who never saw the light of day?
like an infant who never saw the light of day?
Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants that have not seen the light.
There the wicked cease from turmoil,
and there the weary are at rest.
and there the weary are at rest.
There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the wearied are at rest.
Captives also enjoy their ease;
they no longer hear the slave driver’s shout.
they no longer hear the slave driver’s shout.
The prisoners together are at ease; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
The small and the great are there,
and the slaves are freed from their owners.
and the slaves are freed from their owners.
The small and great are there, and the bondman freed from his master.
“Why is light given to those in misery,
and life to the bitter of soul,
and life to the bitter of soul,
Wherefore is light given to him that is in trouble, and life to those bitter of soul,
to those who long for death that does not come,
who search for it more than for hidden treasure,
who search for it more than for hidden treasure,
Who long for death, and it [cometh] not, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;
who are filled with gladness
and rejoice when they reach the grave?
and rejoice when they reach the grave?
Who rejoice even exultingly and are glad when they find the grave? --
Why is life given to a man
whose way is hidden,
whom God has hedged in?
whose way is hidden,
whom God has hedged in?
To the man whose way is hidden, and whom +God hath hedged in?
For sighing has become my daily food;
my groans pour out like water.
my groans pour out like water.
For my sighing cometh before my bread, and my groanings are poured out like the waters.
What I feared has come upon me;
what I dreaded has happened to me.
what I dreaded has happened to me.
For I feared a fear, and it hath come upon me, and that which I dreaded hath come to me.