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Job 3 (WEBP)

[1] After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed the day of his birth.
[2] Job answered:
[3] “Let the day perish in which I was born, the night which said, ‘There is a boy conceived.’
[4] Let that day be darkness. Don’t let God from above seek for it, neither let the light shine on it.
[5] Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes the day black terrify it.
[6] As for that night, let thick darkness seize on it. Let it not rejoice among the days of the year. Let it not come into the number of the months.
[7] Behold, let that night be barren. Let no joyful voice come therein.
[8] Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.
[9] Let the stars of its twilight be dark. Let it look for light, but have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the morning,
[10] because it didn’t shut up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.
[11] “Why didn’t I die from the womb? Why didn’t I give up the spirit when my mother bore me?
[12] Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breast, that I should nurse?
[13] For now I should have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept, then I would have been at rest,
[14] with kings and counselors of the earth, who built up waste places for themselves;
[15] or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver;
[16] or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, as infants who never saw light.
[17] There the wicked cease from troubling. There the weary are at rest.
[18] There the prisoners are at ease together. They don’t hear the voice of the taskmaster.
[19] The small and the great are there. The servant is free from his master.
[20] “Why is light given to him who is in misery, life to the bitter in soul,
[21] who long for death, but it doesn’t come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
[22] who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
[23] Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
[24] For my sighing comes before I eat. My groanings are poured out like water.
[25] For the thing which I fear comes on me, that which I am afraid of comes to me.
[26] I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither do I have rest; but trouble comes.”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Job 3 (KJVS)

[1] After H310 this opened H6605 (8804) Job H347 his mouth H6310, and cursed H7043 (8762) his day H3117.
[2] And Job H347 spake H6030 (8799), and said H559 (8799),
[3] Let the day H3117 perish H6 (8799) wherein I was born H3205 (8735), and the night H3915 [in which] it was said H559 (8804), There is a man child H1397 conceived H2029 (8795).
[4] Let that day H3117 be darkness H2822; let not God H433 regard H1875 (8799) it from above H4605, neither let the light H5105 shine H3313 (8686) upon it.
[5] Let darkness H2822 and the shadow of death H6757 stain H1350 (8799) it; let a cloud H6053 dwell H7931 (8799) upon it; let the blackness H3650 of the day H3117 terrify H1204 (8762) it.
[6] As [for] that night H3915, let darkness H652 seize H3947 (8799) upon it; let it not be joined H2302 (8799) unto the days H3117 of the year H8141, let it not come H935 (8799) into the number H4557 of the months H3391.
[7] Lo, let that night H3915 be solitary H1565, let no joyful voice H7445 come H935 (8799) therein.
[8] Let them curse H5344 (8799) it that curse H779 (8802) the day H3117, who are ready H6264 to raise up H5782 (8788) their mourning H3882.
[9] Let the stars H3556 of the twilight H5399 thereof be dark H2821 (8799); let it look H6960 (8762) for light H216, but [have] none; neither let it see H7200 (8799) the dawning H6079 of the day H7837:
[10] Because it shut not up H5462 (8804) the doors H1817 of my [mother’s] womb H990, nor hid H5641 (8686) sorrow H5999 from mine eyes H5869.
[11] Why died H4191 (8799) I not from the womb H7358? [why] did I [not] give up the ghost H1478 (8799) when I came out H3318 (8804) of the belly H990?
[12] Why did the knees H1290 prevent H6923 (8765) me? or why the breasts H7699 that I should suck H3243 (8799)?
[13] For now should I have lain still H7901 (8804) and been quiet H8252 (8799), I should have slept H3462 (8804): then had I been at rest H5117 (8799),
[14] With kings H4428 and counsellors H3289 (8802) of the earth H776, which built H1129 (8802) desolate places H2723 for themselves;
[15] Or with princes H8269 that had gold H2091, who filled H4390 (8764) their houses H1004 with silver H3701:
[16] Or as an hidden H2934 (8803) untimely birth H5309 I had not been; as infants H5768 [which] never saw H7200 (8804) light H216.
[17] There the wicked H7563 cease H2308 (8804) [from] troubling H7267; and there the weary H3019 H3581 be at rest H5117 (8799).
[18] [There] the prisoners H615 rest H7599 (8768) together H3162; they hear H8085 (8804) not the voice H6963 of the oppressor H5065 (8802).
[19] The small H6996 and great H1419 are there; and the servant H5650 [is] free H2670 from his master H113.
[20] Wherefore is light H216 given H5414 (8799) to him that is in misery H6001, and life H2416 unto the bitter H4751 [in] soul H5315;
[21] Which long H2442 (8764) for death H4194, but it [cometh] not; and dig H2658 (8799) for it more than for hid treasures H4301;
[22] Which rejoice H8056 exceedingly H1524, [and] are glad H7797 (8799), when they can find H4672 (8799) the grave H6913?
[23] [Why is light given] to a man H1397 whose way H1870 is hid H5641 (8738), and whom God H433 hath hedged in H5526 (8686)?
[24] For my sighing H585 cometh H935 (8799) before H6440 I eat H3899, and my roarings H7581 are poured out H5413 (8799) like the waters H4325.
[25] For the thing which I greatly H6343 feared H6342 (8804) is come H857 (8799) upon me, and that which I was afraid H3025 (8804) of is come H935 (8799) unto me.
[26] I was not in safety H7951 (8804), neither had I rest H8252 (8804), neither was I quiet H5117 (8804); yet trouble H7267 came H935 (8799).

Young’s Literal Translation

Job 3 (YLT)

[1] After this hath Job opened his mouth, and revileth his day.
[2] And Job answereth and saith:-
[3] Let the day perish in which I am born, And the night that hath said: ‘A man-child hath been conceived.’
[4] That day-let it be darkness, Let not God require it from above, Nor let light shine upon it.
[5] Let darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud tabernacle upon it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days.
[6] That night-let thick darkness take it, Let it not be united to days of the year, Into the number of months let it not come.
[7] Lo! that night-let it be gloomy, Let no singing come into it.
[8] Let the cursers of day mark it, Who are ready to wake up Leviathan.
[9] Let the stars of its twilight be dark, Let it wait for light, and there is none, And let it not look on the eyelids of the dawn.
[10] Because it hath not shut the doors Of the womb that was mine! And hide misery from mine eyes.
[11] Why from the womb do I not die? From the belly I have come forth and gasp!
[12] Wherefore have knees been before me? And what are breasts, that I suck?
[13] For now, I have lain down, and am quiet, I have slept-then there is rest to me,
[14] With kings and counsellors of earth, These building wastes for themselves.
[15] Or with princes-they have gold, They are filling their houses with silver.
[16] (Or as a hidden abortion I am not, As infants-they have not seen light.)
[17] There the wicked have ceased troubling, And there rest do the wearied in power.
[18] Together prisoners have been at ease, They have not heard the voice of an exactor,
[19] Small and great are there the same. And a servant is free from his lord.
[20] Why giveth He to the miserable light, And life to the bitter soul?
[21] Who are waiting for death, and it is not, And they seek it above hid treasures.
[22] Who are glad-unto joy, They rejoice when they find a grave.
[23] To a man whose way hath been hidden, And whom God doth shut up?
[24] For before my food, my sighing cometh, And poured out as waters are my roarings.
[25] For a fear I feared and it meeteth me, And what I was afraid of doth come to me.
[26] I was not safe-nor was I quiet- Nor was I at rest-and trouble cometh!