Job 3
3
Job Curses His Own Birth
1After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed his day.
2Then Job answered and said:
3“May the day I was born perish, and the night that said, ‘A man is conceived!’
4That day—may it be darkness; may God above not regard it; may no light shine on it.
5May darkness and deep gloom reclaim it; may a cloud settle over it; may whatever blackens the day terrify it.
6That night—may thick darkness seize it; may it not be included among the days of the year, nor be entered among the number of months.
7Indeed, may that night be barren; may no joyful shout enter it.
8May those who curse, curse the day— those ready to awaken Leviathan.
9May its morning stars be darkened; may it hope for light but have none— may it never see the eyelids of dawn.
10For it did not shut the doors of the womb on me, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.
11Why did I not die at birth and expire as I exited the womb?
12Why did the knees welcome me, and breasts that I might nurse?
13For now I would be lying down and quiet; I would be asleep and at rest
14with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves places now desolate,
15with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.
16Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn, like infants who never saw light?
17There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.
18Prisoners are at ease together; they do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.
19Small and great are there; and slave is free from his master.
20Why is light given to one who suffers and life to the bitter of soul,
21to those who long for death, but it does not come, who dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
22who are filled with gladness and rejoice when finding the grave?
23Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, and whom God has hedged in?
24For my sighing comes instead of my bread, and my groans pour out like water.
25For the thing I dreaded has come upon me, and what I feared has happened to me.
26I have no ease, no quietness; I have no rest, but turmoil came.”
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Job 3
3
Job Laments His Birth
1After this Job #ch. 33:2; Ps. 78:2opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. 2And Job said:
3 # [ch. 10:18, 19]; See Jer. 20:14-18 “Let the day perish on which I was born,
and the night that said,
‘A man is conceived.’
4Let that day be darkness!
May God above not seek it,
nor light shine upon it.
5Let gloom and #ch. 10:21, 22; 12:22; 24:17; 28:3; 34:22; 38:17; Ps. 23:4; Isa. 9:2; Matt. 4:16deep darkness claim it.
Let clouds dwell upon it;
let the blackness of the day terrify it.
6That night—let thick darkness seize it!
Let it not rejoice among the days of the year;
let it not come into the number of the months.
7Behold, let that night be barren;
let no joyful cry enter it.
8Let those curse it who curse the day,
who are ready to rouse up #ch. 41:1Leviathan.
9Let the stars of its dawn be dark;
let it hope for light, but have none,
nor see #ch. 41:18the eyelids of the morning,
10because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb,
nor hide trouble from my eyes.
11“Why #ch. 10:18, 19did I not die at birth,
come out from the womb and expire?
12Why did #Gen. 30:3; 50:23; Isa. 66:12the knees receive me?
Or why the breasts, that I should nurse?
13For then I would have lain down and been quiet;
I would have slept; then I would have been at rest,
14with kings and counselors of the earth
who #[Isa. 58:12]rebuilt ruins for themselves,
15or with princes who had gold,
who filled their houses with silver.
16Or why was I not as a hidden #Ps. 58:8; Eccles. 6:3; [1 Cor. 15:8]stillborn child,
as infants who never see the light?
17There the wicked cease from troubling,
and there the weary are at #ch. 17:16rest.
18There the prisoners are at ease together;
they hear not the voice of #Ex. 3:7the taskmaster.
19The small and the great are there,
and the slave is free from his master.
20“Why is light given to him who is in misery,
and life to #Prov. 31:6the bitter in soul,
21who #Rev. 9:6 long for death, but it comes not,
and dig for it more than for #Prov. 2:4hidden treasures,
22who rejoice exceedingly
and are glad when they find the grave?
23Why is light given to a man whose #Isa. 40:27 way is hidden,
whom God has #[ch. 1:10]; See ch. 19:8hedged in?
24For my sighing comes #[Ps. 42:3; 80:5; 102:9] instead of#3:24 Or like; Hebrew before my bread,
and my #Ps. 22:1; 38:8groanings are poured out like water.
25 # [Prov. 10:24] For the thing that I fear comes upon me,
and what I dread befalls me.
26I am not at ease, nor am I quiet;
I have no rest, but trouble comes.”
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