The Darby Translation DBY
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1 After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed his day.
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After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
2 And Job answered and said,
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He said:
3 Let the day perish in which I was born, and the night that said, There is a man child conceived.
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“May the day of my birth perish, and the night that said, ‘A boy is conceived!’
4 That day -- let it be darkness, let not God care for it from above, neither let light shine upon it:
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That day—may it turn to darkness; may God above not care about it; may no 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.
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May gloom and utter darkness claim it once more; may a cloud settle over it; may blackness overwhelm 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.
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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 Behold, let that night be barren; let no joyful sound come therein;
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May that night be barren; may no shout of joy be heard in it.
8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to rouse Leviathan;
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May those who curse days curse that day, those who are ready to rouse 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:
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May its morning stars become dark; may it wait for daylight in vain and not see the first rays of dawn,
10 Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, and hid not trouble from mine eyes.
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for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me to hide trouble from my eyes.
11 Wherefore did I not die from the womb, -- come forth from the belly and expire?
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“Why did I not perish at birth, and die as I came from the womb?
12 Why did the knees meet me? and wherefore the breasts, that I should suck?
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Why were there knees to receive me and breasts that I might be nursed?
13 For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
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For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest
14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, who build desolate places for themselves,
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with kings and rulers of the earth, who built for themselves places now lying in ruins,
15 Or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver;
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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.
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Or why was I not hidden away in the ground like a stillborn child, like an infant who never saw the light of day?
17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the wearied are at rest.
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There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.
18 The prisoners together are at ease; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
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Captives also enjoy their ease; they no longer hear the slave driver’s shout.
19 The small and great are there, and the bondman freed from his master.
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The small and the great are there, and the slaves are freed from their owners.
20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in trouble, and life to those bitter of soul,
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“Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter of soul,
21 Who long for death, and it [cometh] not, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;
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to those who long for death that does not come, who search for it more than for hidden treasure,
22 Who rejoice even exultingly and are glad when they find the grave? --
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who are filled with gladness and rejoice when they reach the grave?
23 To the man whose way is hidden, and whom God hath hedged in?
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Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
24 For my sighing cometh before my bread, and my groanings are poured out like the waters.
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For sighing has become my daily food; my groans pour out like water.
25 For I feared a fear, and it hath come upon me, and that which I dreaded hath come to me.
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What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me.
26 I was not in safety, neither had I quietness, neither was I at rest, and trouble came.
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I have no peace, no quietness; I have no rest, but only turmoil.”
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