Job 3

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

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

2 And Job answered and said,

And Job spake, and 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, There is a man child 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 darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let 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 stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

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.

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

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 rouse Leviathan;

Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.

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 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 the womb that bore me, and hid not trouble from mine eyes.

Because it shut not up the doors of my [mother’s] womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.

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

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 meet me? and wherefore the breasts, that I should suck?

Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?

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

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, who build desolate places for themselves,

With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;

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

Or with princes that had gold, who filled 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 an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants [which] never saw light.

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

There the wicked cease [from] troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

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

[There] the prisoners rest together; they hear not 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,

Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter [in] soul;

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

Which long for death, but it [cometh] not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;

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

Which rejoice exceedingly, [and] are glad, when they can find the grave?

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

[Why is light given] to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

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

For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.

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

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 quietness, neither was I at rest, and trouble came.

I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.