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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.

Job 3:2 Heb. answered
Job 3:5a Or, challenge it
Job 3:5b Or, let them terrify it, as those who have a bitter day
Job 3:6 Or, let it not rejoice among the days
Job 3:8 Or, Leviathan
Job 3:9 Heb. the eyelids of the morning
Job 3:17 Heb. wearied in strength
Job 3:21 Heb. wait
Job 3:24 Heb. before my meat
Job 3:25 Heb. I feared a fear, and it came upon me

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Job 3 (BYZ)

[1] Μετὰ () τοῦτο () ἤνοιξεν () Ιωβ () τὸ () στόμα () αὐτοῦ ()
[2] καὶ () κατηράσατο () τὴν () ἡμέραν () αὐτοῦ () λέγων ()
[3] Ἀπόλοιτο () ἡ () ἡμέρα, () ἐν () ᾗ () ἐγεννήθην, () καὶ () ἡ () νύξ, () ἐν () ᾗ () εἶπαν () Ἰδοὺ () ἄρσεν. ()
[4] Ἡ () ἡμέρα () ἐκείνη () εἴη () σκότος, () καὶ () μὴ () ἀναζητήσαι () αὐτὴν () ὁ () κύριος () ἄνωθεν, () μηδὲ () ἔλθοι () εἰς () αὐτὴν () φέγγος· ()
[5] ἐκλάβοι δὲ () αὐτὴν () σκότος () καὶ () σκιὰ () θανάτου, () ἐπέλθοι () ἐπ’ () αὐτὴν () γνόφος. ()
[6] Καταραθείη () ἡ () ἡμέρα () καὶ () ἡ () νὺξ () ἐκείνη, () ἀπενέγκαιτο () αὐτὴν () σκότος· () μὴ () εἴη () εἰς () ἡμέρας () ἐνιαυτοῦ () μηδὲ () ἀριθμηθείη () εἰς () ἡμέρας () μηνῶν· ()
[7] ἀλλὰ () ἡ () νὺξ () ἐκείνη () εἴη () ὀδύνη, () καὶ () μὴ () ἔλθοι () ἐπ’ () αὐτὴν () εὐφροσύνη () μηδὲ () χαρμονή·
[8] ἀλλὰ () καταράσαιτο () αὐτὴν () ὁ () καταρώμενος () τὴν () ἡμέραν () ἐκείνην () ὁ () μέλλων () τὸ () μέγα () κῆτος () χειρώσασθαι.
[9] Σκοτωθείη () τὰ () ἄστρα () τῆς () νυκτὸς () ἐκείνης, () ὑπομείναι () καὶ () εἰς () φωτισμὸν () μὴ () ἔλθοι () καὶ () μὴ () ἴδοι () ἑωσφόρον ἀνατέλλοντα, ()
[10] ὅτι () οὐ () συνέκλεισεν () πύλας () γαστρὸς () μητρός () μου· () ἀπήλλαξεν () γὰρ () ἂν () πόνον () ἀπὸ () ὀφθαλμῶν () μου. ()
[11] Διὰ () τί () γὰρ () ἐν () κοιλίᾳ () οὐκ () ἐτελεύτησα, () ἐκ () γαστρὸς () δὲ () ἐξῆλθον () καὶ () οὐκ () εὐθὺς () ἀπωλόμην; ()
[12] Ἵνα () τί () δὲ () συνήντησάν () μοι () γόνατα; () Ἵνα () τί () δὲ () μαστοὺς () ἐθήλασα; ()
[13] Νῦν () ἂν () κοιμηθεὶς () ἡσύχασα, () ὑπνώσας δὲ () ἀνεπαυσάμην ()
[14] μετὰ () βασιλέων () βουλευτῶν () γῆς, () οἳ () ἠγαυριῶντο ἐπὶ () ξίφεσιν,
[15] ἢ () μετὰ () ἀρχόντων, () ὧν () πολὺς () ὁ () χρυσός, () οἳ () ἔπλησαν () τοὺς () οἴκους () αὐτῶν () ἀργυρίου, ()
[16] ἢ () ὥσπερ () ἔκτρωμα () ἐκπορευόμενον () ἐκ () μήτρας () μητρὸς () ἢ () ὥσπερ () νήπιοι, () οἳ () οὐκ () εἶδον () φῶς. ()
[17] Ἐκεῖ () ἀσεβεῖς () ἐξέκαυσαν () θυμὸν () ὀργῆς, () ἐκεῖ () ἀνεπαύσαντο () κατάκοποι τῷ () σώματι· ()
[18] ὁμοθυμαδὸν () δὲ () οἱ () αἰώνιοι () οὐκ () ἤκουσαν () φωνὴν () φορολόγου·
[19] μικρὸς () καὶ () μέγας () ἐκεῖ () ἐστιν () καὶ () θεράπων () οὐ () δεδοικὼς τὸν () κύριον () αὐτοῦ. ()
[20] Ἵνα () τί () γὰρ () δέδοται () τοῖς () ἐν () πικρίᾳ () φῶς, () ζωὴ () δὲ () ταῖς () ἐν () ὀδύναις () ψυχαῖς; ()
[21] Οἳ () ὁμείρονται () τοῦ () θανάτου () καὶ () οὐ () τυγχάνουσιν () ἀνορύσσοντες ὥσπερ () θησαυρούς, ()
[22] περιχαρεῖς δὲ () ἐγένοντο, () ἐὰν () κατατύχωσιν.
[23] Θάνατος () ἀνδρὶ () ἀνάπαυμα, συνέκλεισεν () γὰρ () ὁ () θεὸς () κατ’ () αὐτοῦ· ()
[24] πρὸ () γὰρ () τῶν () σίτων () μου () στεναγμός () μοι () ἥκει, () δακρύω () δὲ () ἐγὼ () συνεχόμενος () φόβῳ· ()
[25] φόβος () γάρ, () ὃν () ἐφρόντισα, () ἦλθέν () μοι, () καὶ () ὃν () ἐδεδοίκειν, συνήντησέν () μοι. ()
[26] Οὔτε () εἰρήνευσα () οὔτε () ἡσύχασα () οὔτε () ἀνεπαυσάμην, () ἦλθεν () δέ () μοι () ὀργή. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.