Job 3:1-9

1 Después abrió Job su boca y maldijo el día de su nacimiento.

2 Y Job dijo:

3 Perezca el día en que yo nací, y la noche que dijo: "Un varón ha sido concebido."

4 Sea ese día tinieblas, no lo tome en cuenta Dios desde lo alto, ni resplandezca sobre él la luz.

5 Apodérense de él tinieblas y densa oscuridad, pósese sobre él una nube, llénelo de terror la negrura del día.

6 Y en cuanto a aquella noche, apodérense de ella las tinieblas; que no se alegre entre los días del año, ni se cuente en el número de los meses.

7 He aquí, sea estéril aquella noche, no entren en ella gritos de júbilo.

8 Maldíganla los que maldicen el día, los que están listos para despertar a Leviatán.

9 Oscurézcanse las estrellas de su alba; que espere la luz mas no la tenga, que tampoco vea el rayar de la aurora;

Job 3:1-9 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 3

In this chapter we have an account of Job's cursing the day of his birth, and the night of his conception; Job 3:1-3; first the day, to which he wishes the most extreme darkness, Job 3:4,5; then the night, to which he wishes the same and that it might be destitute of all joy, and be cursed by others as well as by himself, Job 3:6-9; The reasons follow, because it did not prevent his coming into the world, and because he died not on it, Job 3:10-12; which would, as he judged, have been an happiness to him; and this he illustrates by the still and quiet state of the dead, the company they are with, and their freedom from all trouble, oppression, and bondage, Job 3:13-19; but however, since it was otherwise with him, he desires his life might not be prolonged, and expostulates about the continuance of it, Job 3:20-23; and this by reason of his present troubles, which were many and great, and came upon him as he feared they would, and which had made him uneasy in his prosperity, Job 3:24-26.