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