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World English Bible

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 this opened () Job his mouth , and cursed () his day .
[2] And Job spake (), and said (),
[3] Let the day perish () wherein I was born (), and the night [in which] it was said (), There is a man child conceived ().
[4] Let that day be darkness ; let not God regard () it from above , neither let the light shine () upon it.
[5] Let darkness and the shadow of death stain () it; let a cloud dwell () upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify () it.
[6] As [for] that night , let darkness seize () upon it; let it not be joined () unto the days of the year , let it not come () into the number of the months .
[7] Lo, let that night be solitary , let no joyful voice come () therein.
[8] Let them curse () it that curse () the day , who are ready to raise up () their mourning .
[9] Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark (); let it look () for light , but [have] none; neither let it see () the dawning of the day :
[10] Because it shut not up () the doors of my [mother’s] womb , nor hid () sorrow from mine eyes .
[11] Why died () I not from the womb ? [why] did I [not] give up the ghost () when I came out () of the belly ?
[12] Why did the knees prevent () me? or why the breasts that I should suck ()?
[13] For now should I have lain still () and been quiet (), I should have slept (): then had I been at rest (),
[14] With kings and counsellors () of the earth , which built () desolate places for themselves;
[15] Or with princes that had gold , who filled () their houses with silver :
[16] Or as an hidden () untimely birth I had not been; as infants [which] never saw () light .
[17] There the wicked cease () [from] troubling ; and there the weary be at rest ().
[18] [There] the prisoners rest () together ; they hear () not the voice of the oppressor ().
[19] The small and great are there; and the servant [is] free from his master .
[20] Wherefore is light given () to him that is in misery , and life unto the bitter [in] soul ;
[21] Which long () for death , but it [cometh] not; and dig () for it more than for hid treasures ;
[22] Which rejoice exceedingly , [and] are glad (), when they can find () the grave ?
[23] [Why is light given] to a man whose way is hid (), and whom God hath hedged in ()?
[24] For my sighing cometh () before I eat , and my roarings are poured out () like the waters .
[25] For the thing which I greatly feared () is come () upon me, and that which I was afraid () of is come () unto me.
[26] I was not in safety (), neither had I rest (), neither was I quiet (); yet trouble came ().

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!