Job 3:20-26

20 »Oh, ¿por qué dar luz a los desdichados,
y vida a los amargados?

21 Ellos desean la muerte, pero no llega;
buscan la muerte con más fervor que a tesoro escondido.

22 Se llenan de alegría cuando finalmente mueren,
y se regocijan cuando llegan a la tumba.

23 ¿Por qué dar vida a los que no tienen futuro,
a quienes Dios ha rodeado de dificultades?

24 No puedo comer a causa de mis suspiros;
mis gemidos se derraman como el agua.

25 Lo que yo siempre había temido me ocurrió;
se hizo realidad lo que me horrorizaba.

26 No tengo paz ni tranquilidad;
no tengo descanso; sólo me vienen dificultades».

Job 3:20-26 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.