Job 3:9-19

9 Las estrellas de su alba fueran oscurecidas; esperaran la luz, y no viniera , ni viera los párpados de la mañana;

10 por cuanto no cerró las puertas del vientre donde yo estaba, ni escondió de mis ojos la miseria.

11 ¿Por qué no morí yo desde la matriz, o fui traspasado saliendo del vientre?

12 ¿Por qué me previnieron las rodillas? ¿Y para qué los senos que mamase?

13 Pues que ahora yaciera yo, y reposara; durmiera, y entonces tuviera reposo,

14 con los reyes y con los consejeros de la tierra, que edifican para sí los desiertos;

15 o con los príncipes que poseen el oro, que llenan sus casas de plata.

16 O ¿por qué no fui escondido como abortivo, como los pequeñitos que nunca vieron luz?

17 Allí los impíos dejaron el miedo, y allí descansaron los de cansadas fuerzas.

18 Allí también reposaron los cautivos; no oyeron la voz del exactor.

19 Allí está el chico y el grande; allí es el siervo libre de su señor.

Job 3:9-19 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.