Job 3

1 After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed his day.

After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day,

2 And Job answered and said,

And he said:

3 Let the day perish in which I was born, and the night that said, There is a man child conceived.

Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said: A man child is conceived.

4 That day — let it be darkness, let not God care for it from above, neither let light shine upon it:

Let that day be turned into darkness, let not God regard it from above, and let not the light shine upon it.

5 Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it; let clouds dwell upon it; let darkeners of the day terrify it.

Let darkness, and the shadow of death cover it, let a mist overspread it, and let it be wrapped up in bitterness.

6 That night — let gloom seize upon it; let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.

Let a darksome whirlwind seize upon that night, let it not be counted in the days of the year, nor numbered in the months.

7 Behold, let that night be barren; let no joyful sound come therein;

Let that night be solitary, and not worthy of praise.

8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to rouse Leviathan;

Let them curse it who curse the day. who are ready to raise up a leviathan:

9 Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it wait for light, and have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the dawn:

Let the stars be darkened with the mist thereof: let it expect light and not see it, nor the rising of the dawning of the day:

10 Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, and hid not trouble from mine eyes.

Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, nor took away evils from my eyes.

11 Wherefore did I not die from the womb, — come forth from the belly and expire?

Why did I not die in the womb, why did I not perish when I came out of the belly?

12 Why did the knees meet me? and wherefore the breasts, that I should suck?

Why received upon the knees? why suckled at the breasts?

13 For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

For now I should have been asleep and still, and should have rest in my sleep.

14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, who build desolate places for themselves,

With kings and consuls of the earth, who build themselves solitudes:

15 Or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver;

Or with princes, that possess gold, and All their houses with silver:

16 Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants that have not seen the light.

Or as a hidden untimely birth I should not be, or as they that being conceived have not seen the light.

17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the wearied are at rest.

There the wicked cease from tumult, and there the wearied in strength are at rest.

18 The prisoners together are at ease; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.

And they sometime bound together without disquiet, have not heard the voice of the oppressor.

19 The small and great are there, and the bondman freed from his master.

The small and great are there, and the servant is free from his master.

20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in trouble, and life to those bitter of soul,

Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to them that are in bitterness of soul?

21 Who long for death, and it [cometh] not, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;

That look for death, and it cometh not, as they that dig for a treasure:

22 Who rejoice even exultingly and are glad when they find the grave? —

And they rejoice exceedingly when they have found the grave.

23 To the man whose way is hidden, and whom God hath hedged in?

To a man whose way is hidden, and God hath surrounded him with darkness?

24 For my sighing cometh before my bread, and my groanings are poured out like the waters.

Before I eat I sigh: and as overflowing waters, so is my roaring:

25 For I feared a fear, and it hath come upon me, and that which I dreaded hath come to me.

For the fear which I feared hath come upon me: and that which I was afraid of, hath befallen me.

26 I was not in safety, neither had I quietness, neither was I at rest, and trouble came.

Have I not dissembled? have I not kept silence? have I not been quiet? and indignation is come upon me.