Job 3
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Job 3
Job Curses the Day He Was Born
1After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. 2Job said:
3 #
Job 10.18; Jer 20.14 “Let the day perish in which I was born,
and the night that said,
‘A male is conceived.’
4Let that day be darkness!
May God above not seek it
or light shine on it.
5 #
Job 10.21; Ps 23.4; Jer 2.6 Let gloom and deep darkness claim it.
Let clouds settle upon it;
let the blackness of the day terrify it.
6 #
Job 23.17
That 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.
7Yes, let that night be barren;
let no joyful cry be heard#3.7 Heb come in it.
8 #
Job 41.10
Let those curse it who curse the Sea,#3.8 Cn: Heb day
those who are skilled to rouse up Leviathan.
9 #
Job 41.18
Let the stars of its dawn be dark;
let it hope for light but have none;
may it not see the eyelids of the morning—
10because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb
and hide trouble from my eyes.
11 #
Job 10.18
“Why did I not die at birth,
come forth from the womb and expire?
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Gen 30.3; Isa 66.12 Why were there knees to receive me
or breasts for me to suck?
13Now I would be lying down and quiet;
I would be asleep; then I would be at rest
14 #
Job 12.17, 18; 15.28 with kings and counselors of the earth
who rebuild ruins for themselves,
15or with princes who have gold,
who fill their houses with silver.
16 #
Eccl 6.3
Or why was I not buried like a stillborn child,
like an infant that never sees the light?
17 #
Job 17.16
There the wicked cease from troubling,
and there the weary are at rest.
18There the prisoners are at ease together;
they do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.
19The small and the great are there,
and the slaves are free from their masters.
20 #
1 Sam 1.10; Prov 31.6; Isa 38.15; Ezek 27.31 “Why is light given to one in misery
and life to the bitter in soul,
21 #
Rev 9.6
who long for death, but it does not come,
and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;
22who rejoice exceedingly
and are glad when they find the grave?
23 #
Job 19.6, 8, 12; Lam 3.7 Why is light given to one who cannot see the way,
whom God has fenced in?
24 #
Ps 42.3, 4 For my sighing comes like#3.24 Heb before my bread,
and my groanings are poured out like water.
25Truly 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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Job 3
3
Job 3
Job Curses the Day He Was Born
1After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. 2Job said:
3 #
Job 10.18; Jer 20.14 “Let the day perish in which I was born,
and the night that said,
‘A male is conceived.’
4Let that day be darkness!
May God above not seek it
or light shine on it.
5 #
Job 10.21; Ps 23.4; Jer 2.6 Let gloom and deep darkness claim it.
Let clouds settle upon it;
let the blackness of the day terrify it.
6 #
Job 23.17
That 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.
7Yes, let that night be barren;
let no joyful cry be heard#3.7 Heb come in it.
8 #
Job 41.10
Let those curse it who curse the Sea,#3.8 Cn: Heb day
those who are skilled to rouse up Leviathan.
9 #
Job 41.18
Let the stars of its dawn be dark;
let it hope for light but have none;
may it not see the eyelids of the morning—
10because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb
and hide trouble from my eyes.
11 #
Job 10.18
“Why did I not die at birth,
come forth from the womb and expire?
12 #
Gen 30.3; Isa 66.12 Why were there knees to receive me
or breasts for me to suck?
13Now I would be lying down and quiet;
I would be asleep; then I would be at rest
14 #
Job 12.17, 18; 15.28 with kings and counselors of the earth
who rebuild ruins for themselves,
15or with princes who have gold,
who fill their houses with silver.
16 #
Eccl 6.3
Or why was I not buried like a stillborn child,
like an infant that never sees the light?
17 #
Job 17.16
There the wicked cease from troubling,
and there the weary are at rest.
18There the prisoners are at ease together;
they do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.
19The small and the great are there,
and the slaves are free from their masters.
20 #
1 Sam 1.10; Prov 31.6; Isa 38.15; Ezek 27.31 “Why is light given to one in misery
and life to the bitter in soul,
21 #
Rev 9.6
who long for death, but it does not come,
and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;
22who rejoice exceedingly
and are glad when they find the grave?
23 #
Job 19.6, 8, 12; Lam 3.7 Why is light given to one who cannot see the way,
whom God has fenced in?
24 #
Ps 42.3, 4 For my sighing comes like#3.24 Heb before my bread,
and my groanings are poured out like water.
25Truly 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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