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[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.”
King James Version

Job’s Outburst

[1] After H310 this opened H6605 Job H347 H853 his mouth, H6310 and cursed H7043 H853 his day. H3117 [2] And Job H347 spake, H6030§ and said, H559
[3] Let the day H3117 perish H6 wherein I was born, H3205
And the night H3915 in which it was said, H559
There is a man child H1397 conceived. H2029
[4] Let that day H3117 be darkness; H2822
Let not God H433 regard H1875 it from above, H4605
Neither let the light H5105 shine H3313 upon it.
[5] Let darkness H2822 and the shadow of death H6757 stain H1350 it;§
Let a cloud H6053 dwell H7931 upon H5921 it;
Let the blackness H3650 of the day H3117 terrify H1204 it.§
[6] As for that night, H3915 let darkness H652 seize H3947 upon it;
Let it not be joined H2302 unto the days H3117§ of the year, H8141
Let it not come H935 into the number H4557 of the months. H3391
[7] Lo, let that night H3915 be solitary, H1565
Let no joyful voice H7445 come H935 therein.
[8] Let them curse H5344 it that curse H779 the day, H3117
Who are ready H6264 to raise up H5782 their mourning. H3882§
[9] Let the stars H3556 of the twilight H5399 thereof be dark; H2821
Let it look H6960 for light, H216 but have none;
Neither let it see H7200 the dawning H6079 of the day: H7837§
[10] Because H3588 it shut not up H5462 the doors H1817 of my mother’s womb, H990
Nor hid H5641 sorrow H5999 from mine eyes. H5869
[11] Why died H4191 I not from the womb? H7358
Why did I not give up the ghost H1478
When I came out H3318 of the belly? H990
[12] Why did the knees H1290 prevent H6923 me?
Or why the breasts H7699 that I should suck? H3243
[13] For H3588 now H6258 should I have lain still H7901 and been quiet, H8252
I should have slept: H3462 then H227 had I been at rest, H5117
[14] With H5973 kings H4428 and counsellors H3289 of the earth, H776
Which built H1129 desolate places H2723 for themselves;
[15] Or with princes H8269 that had gold, H2091
Who filled H4390 their houses H1004 with H5973 silver: H3701
[16] Or as an hidden H2934 untimely birth H5309 I had H5768 not H3808 been;
As infants H5768 which never saw H7200 light. H216
[17] There H8033 the wicked H7563 cease H2308 from troubling; H7267
And there the weary H3019 H3581 be at rest. H5117§
[18] There the prisoners H615 rest H7599 together; H3162
They hear H8085 not H3808 the voice H6963 of the oppressor. H5065
[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 to him that is in misery, H6001
And life H2416 unto the bitter H4751 in soul; H5315
[21] Which long H2442§ for death, H4194 but it cometh not;
And dig H2658 for it more than for hid treasures; H4301
[22] Which rejoice H8056 exceedingly, H1524
And are glad, H7797 when they can find H4672 the grave? H6913
[23] Why is light given to a man H1397 whose H834 way H1870 is hid, H5641
And whom God H433 hath hedged in? H5526
[24] For H3588 my sighing H585 cometh H935 before H6440 I eat, H3899§
And my roarings H7581 are poured out H5413 like the waters. H4325
[25] For H3588 the thing which I greatly H6343 feared H6342 is come H857 upon me,§
And that which I was afraid H3025 of is come H935 unto me.
[26] I was not in safety, H7951 neither had I rest, H8252 neither was I quiet; H5117
Yet trouble H7267 came. H935

Footnotes

  1. § 3:2 Heb. answered
  2. § 3:5a Or, challenge it
  3. § 3:5b Or, let them terrify it, as those who have a bitter day
  4. § 3:6 Or, let it not rejoice among the days
  5. § 3:8 Or, Leviathan
  6. § 3:9 Heb. the eyelids of the morning
  7. § 3:17 Heb. wearied in strength
  8. § 3:21 Heb. wait
  9. § 3:24 Heb. before my meat
  10. § 3:25 Heb. I feared a fear, and it came upon me
Septuaginta
[1] Μετὰ G3326 τοῦτο G5124 ἤνοιξεν G455 Ιωβ G2492 τὸ G3588 στόμα G4750 αὐτοῦ G846 [2] καὶ G2532 κατηράσατο G2672 τὴν G3588 ἡμέραν G2250 αὐτοῦ G846 λέγων G3004 [3] Ἀπόλοιτο G622 ἡ G3588 ἡμέρα, G2250 ἐν G1722 ᾗ G3739 ἐγεννήθην, G1080 καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 νύξ, G3571 ἐν G1722 ᾗ G3739 εἶπαν G2036 Ἰδοὺ G2400 ἄρσεν. G730 [4] Ἡ G3588 ἡμέρα G2250 ἐκείνη G1565 εἴη G1498 σκότος, G4655 καὶ G2532 μὴ G3361 ἀναζητήσαι G327 αὐτὴν G846 ὁ G3588 κύριος G2962 ἄνωθεν, G509 μηδὲ G3366 ἔλθοι G2064 εἰς G1519 αὐτὴν G846 φέγγος· G5338 [5] ἐκλάβοι δὲ G1161 αὐτὴν G846 σκότος G4655 καὶ G2532 σκιὰ G4639 θανάτου, G2288 ἐπέλθοι G1904 ἐπ’ G1909 αὐτὴν G846 γνόφος. G1105 [6] Καταραθείη G2672 ἡ G3588 ἡμέρα G2250 καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 νὺξ G3571 ἐκείνη, G1565 ἀπενέγκαιτο G667 αὐτὴν G846 σκότος· G4655 μὴ G3361 εἴη G1498 εἰς G1519 ἡμέρας G2250 ἐνιαυτοῦ G1763 μηδὲ G3366 ἀριθμηθείη G705 εἰς G1519 ἡμέρας G2250 μηνῶν· G3376 [7] ἀλλὰ G235 ἡ G3588 νὺξ G3571 ἐκείνη G1565 εἴη G1498 ὀδύνη, G3601 καὶ G2532 μὴ G3361 ἔλθοι G2064 ἐπ’ G1909 αὐτὴν G846 εὐφροσύνη G2167 μηδὲ G3366 χαρμονή· [8] ἀλλὰ G235 καταράσαιτο G2672 αὐτὴν G846 ὁ G3588 καταρώμενος G2672 τὴν G3588 ἡμέραν G2250 ἐκείνην G1565 ὁ G3588 μέλλων G3195 τὸ G3588 μέγα G3173 κῆτος G2785 χειρώσασθαι. [9] Σκοτωθείη G4656 τὰ G3588 ἄστρα G798 τῆς G3588 νυκτὸς G3571 ἐκείνης, G1565 ὑπομείναι G5278 καὶ G2532 εἰς G1519 φωτισμὸν G5462 μὴ G3361 ἔλθοι G2064 καὶ G2532 μὴ G3361 ἴδοι G1492 ἑωσφόρον ἀνατέλλοντα, G393 [10] ὅτι G3754 οὐ G3756 συνέκλεισεν G4788 πύλας G4439 γαστρὸς G1064 μητρός G3384 μου· G3450 ἀπήλλαξεν G525 γὰρ G1063 ἂν G302 πόνον G4192 ἀπὸ G575 ὀφθαλμῶν G3788 μου. G3450 [11] Διὰ G1223 τί G5101 γὰρ G1063 ἐν G1722 κοιλίᾳ G2836 οὐκ G3756 ἐτελεύτησα, G5053 ἐκ G1537 γαστρὸς G1064 δὲ G1161 ἐξῆλθον G1831 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 εὐθὺς G2117 ἀπωλόμην; G622 [12] Ἵνα G2443 τί G5101 δὲ G1161 συνήντησάν G4876 μοι G3427 γόνατα; G1119 Ἵνα G2443 τί G5101 δὲ G1161 μαστοὺς G3149 ἐθήλασα; G2337 [13] Νῦν G3568 ἂν G302 κοιμηθεὶς G2837 ἡσύχασα, G2270 ὑπνώσας δὲ G1161 ἀνεπαυσάμην G373 [14] μετὰ G3326 βασιλέων G935 βουλευτῶν G1010 γῆς, G1093 οἳ G3739 ἠγαυριῶντο ἐπὶ G1909 ξίφεσιν, [15] ἢ G2228 μετὰ G3326 ἀρχόντων, G758 ὧν G3739 πολὺς G4183 ὁ G3588 χρυσός, G5557 οἳ G3739 ἔπλησαν G4130 τοὺς G3588 οἴκους G3624 αὐτῶν G846 ἀργυρίου, G694 [16] ἢ G2228 ὥσπερ G5618 ἔκτρωμα G1626 ἐκπορευόμενον G1607 ἐκ G1537 μήτρας G3388 μητρὸς G3384 ἢ G2228 ὥσπερ G5618 νήπιοι, G3516 οἳ G3739 οὐκ G3756 εἶδον G1492 φῶς. G5457 [17] Ἐκεῖ G1563 ἀσεβεῖς G765 ἐξέκαυσαν G1572 θυμὸν G2372 ὀργῆς, G3709 ἐκεῖ G1563 ἀνεπαύσαντο G373 κατάκοποι τῷ G3588 σώματι· G4983 [18] ὁμοθυμαδὸν G3661 δὲ G1161 οἱ G3588 αἰώνιοι G166 οὐκ G3756 ἤκουσαν G191 φωνὴν G5456 φορολόγου· [19] μικρὸς G3398 καὶ G2532 μέγας G3173 ἐκεῖ G1563 ἐστιν G2076 καὶ G2532 θεράπων G2324 οὐ G3756 δεδοικὼς τὸν G3588 κύριον G2962 αὐτοῦ. G846 [20] Ἵνα G2443 τί G5101 γὰρ G1063 δέδοται G1325 τοῖς G3588 ἐν G1722 πικρίᾳ G4088 φῶς, G5457 ζωὴ G2222 δὲ G1161 ταῖς G3588 ἐν G1722 ὀδύναις G3601 ψυχαῖς; G5590 [21] Οἳ G3739 ὁμείρονται G2442 τοῦ G3588 θανάτου G2288 καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 τυγχάνουσιν G5177 ἀνορύσσοντες ὥσπερ G5618 θησαυρούς, G2344 [22] περιχαρεῖς δὲ G1161 ἐγένοντο, G1096 ἐὰν G1437 κατατύχωσιν. [23] Θάνατος G2288 ἀνδρὶ G435 ἀνάπαυμα, συνέκλεισεν G4788 γὰρ G1063 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 κατ’ G2596 αὐτοῦ· G846 [24] πρὸ G4253 γὰρ G1063 τῶν G3588 σίτων G4621 μου G3450 στεναγμός G4726 μοι G3427 ἥκει, G2240 δακρύω G1145 δὲ G1161 ἐγὼ G1473 συνεχόμενος G4912 φόβῳ· G5401 [25] φόβος G5401 γάρ, G1063 ὃν G3739 ἐφρόντισα, G5431 ἦλθέν G2064 μοι, G3427 καὶ G2532 ὃν G3739 ἐδεδοίκειν, συνήντησέν G4876 μοι. G3427 [26] Οὔτε G3777 εἰρήνευσα G1514 οὔτε G3777 ἡσύχασα G2270 οὔτε G3777 ἀνεπαυσάμην, G373 ἦλθεν G2064 δέ G1161 μοι G3427 ὀργή. G3709
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament