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,
Job answered:
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 in which I was born, the night which said, 'A man 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 darkness. May God above not care about it, neither let the light shine on 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 claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on 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 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 sound come therein;
Look, let that night be barren. Let no joyful voice come in it.
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 rouse up 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 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 shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, and hid not trouble from mine eyes.
because it did not shut up the doors of my mother's womb, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.
11 Wherefore did I not die from the womb, — come forth from the belly and expire?
"Why did I not die from the womb? Why did I not give up the spirit when my mother bore me?
12 Why did the knees meet me? and wherefore the breasts, that I should suck?
Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breast, 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 down and been quiet. I should have slept, then I would have been at rest,
14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, who build desolate places for themselves,
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;
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 that have not seen the light.
or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, as infants who never saw light.
17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the wearied are at rest.
There the wicked cease from troubling. There the weary are at rest.
18 The prisoners together are at ease; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
There the prisoners are at ease together. They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.
19 The small and great are there, and the bondman freed from his master.
The small and the great are there. 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 who is in misery, life to the bitter in soul,
21 Who long for death, and it [cometh] not, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;
Who long for death, but it doesn't come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
22 Who rejoice even exultingly and are glad when they find the grave? —
who 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, whom God has hedged in?
24 For my sighing cometh before my bread, and my groanings are poured out like the waters.
For my sighing comes before I eat. My groanings are poured out like water.
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 fear comes on me, That which I am afraid of comes to me.
26 I was not in safety, neither had I quietness, neither was I at rest, and trouble came.
I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest; but trouble comes."
