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Job 3:8
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May those who curse days
[a]
curse that day, those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.
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Job 3:8 in Other Translations
KJV
8
Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
ESV
8
Let those curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up Leviathan.
NLT
8
Let those who are experts at cursing— whose cursing could rouse Leviathan — curse that day.
MSG
8
May those who are good at cursing curse that day. Unleash the sea beast, Leviathan, on it.
CSB
8
Let those who curse [certain] days cast a spell on it, those who are skilled in rousing Leviathan.
Job 3:8 In-Context
6
That night—may thick darkness seize it; may it not be included among the days of the year nor be entered in any of the months.
7
May that night be barren; may no shout of joy be heard in it.
8
May those who curse days curse that day, those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.
9
May its morning stars become dark; may it wait for daylight in vain and not see the first rays of dawn,
10
for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me to hide trouble from my eyes.
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2
1.
Job 10:18
;
Jeremiah 20:14
2.
S
Genesis 1:21
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Job 41:1,8,10,25
;
Psalms 74:14
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Psalms 104:26
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[a].
Or "curse the sea"
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