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 he said:

saying,

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

Let the day perish in which I was born, and that night in which they said, Behold a boy!

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

Let that night be darkness, and let not the Lord regard it from above, neither let light come upon it.

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

But let darkness and the shadow of death seize it; let blackness come upon it;

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

let that day and night be cursed, let darkness carry them away; let it not come into the days of the year, neither let it be numbered with the days of the months.

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

But let that night be pain, and let not mirth come upon it, nor joy.

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

But let him that curses that day curse it, [even] he that is ready to attack the great whale.

9 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:

Let the stars of that night be darkened; let it remain [dark], and not come into light; and let it not see the morning star arise:

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

because it shut not up the gates of my mother's womb, for [so] it would have removed sorrow from my eyes.

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

For why died I not in the belly? and [why] did I not come forth from the womb and die immediately?

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

and why did the knees support me? and why did I suck the breasts?

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

Now I should have lain down and been quiet, I should have slept and been at rest,

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

with kings [and] councillors of the earth, who gloried in [their] swords;

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

or with rulers, whose gold was abundant, who filled their houses with silver:

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

or [I should have been] as an untimely birth proceeding from his mother's womb, or as infants who never saw light.

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

There the ungodly have burnt out the fury of rage; there the wearied in body rest.

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

And the men of old time have together ceased to hear the exactor's voice.

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

The small and great are there, and the servant that feared his lord.

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

For why is light given to those who are in bitterness, and life to those souls which are in griefs?

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

who desire death, and obtain it not, digging [for it] as [for] treasures;

22 And they rejoice exceedingly when they have found the grave.

and would be very joyful if they should gain it?

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

Death [is] rest to [such] a man, for God has hedged him in.

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

For my groaning comes before my food, and I weep being beset with terror.

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

For the terror of which I meditated has come upon me, and that which I had feared has befallen me.

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

I was not at peace, nor quiet, nor had I rest; yet wrath came upon me.