Job 3 Interlinear Bible (NAS) - Hebrew Text and Lexicon

1 Afterward * Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.

leL;q.y;w .WhyiP -t,a bw{Yia x;t'P !ek -yer]x;a ? w{mw{y -t,a

2 And Job said *,

r;ma{Y;w bw{Yia !;[;Y;w

3 "Let the day perish on which I was to be born, And the night which said, 'A boy is conceived.'

h'r{h r;m'a h'l.y;L;h.w w{B d,l\Wia ~w{y d;ba{y ? r,b'g

4 "May that day be darkness; Let not God above care for it, Nor light shine on it.

;Hw{l/a .Whev.r.dIy -l;a .$,v{x yih.y a.Wh;h ~w{Y;h ? h'r'h.n wy'l'[ [;pw{T -l;a.w l;['Mim

5 "Let darkness and black gloom claim it; Let a cloud settle on it; Let the blackness of the day terrify it.

h'n'n][ wy'l'[ -n'K.viT t,w'm.l;c.w .$,v{x .WhUl'a.gIy ? ~w{y yeryir.miK .WhUt][;b.y

6 "As for that night, let darkness seize it; Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not come into the number of the months.

yemyiB .D;xIy -l;a l,p{a .Whex'QIy a.Wh;h h'l.y;L;h ? a{b'y -l;a ~yix'r.y r;P.sim.B h'n'v

7 "Behold, let that night be barren; Let no joyful shout enter it.

a{b'T -l;a d.Wm.l;g yih.y a.Wh;h h'l.y;L;h heNih ? w{b h'n'n.r

8 "Let those curse it who curse the day, Who are prepared to rouse Leviathan.

!'t'y.wil rer{[ ~yidyit]['h ~w{y -yer.r{a .WhUb.QIy

9 "Let the stars of its twilight be darkened; Let it wait for light but have none, And let it not see the breaking dawn;

!Iy;a'w rw{a.l -w;q.y w{P.vin ]yeb.kw{K .Wk.v.x,y ? r;x'v -yeP;[.p;[.B h,a.rIy -l;a.w

10 Because it did not shut the opening of my mother's womb, Or hide trouble from my eyes.

y'nye[em l'm'[ reT.s;Y;w yin.jib yet.l;D r;g's a{l yiK

11 "Why did I not die at birth, Come forth from the womb and expire?

['w.g,a.w yita'c'y !,j,Bim t.Wm'a ~,x,rem a{L h'M'l

12 "Why did the knees receive me, And why the breasts, that I should suck?

yiK ~Iy;d'V -h;m.W ~Iy'K.rib yin.Wm.Diq ;[.WD;m ? q'nyia

13 "For now I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept then, I would have been at rest,

;x.Wn'y z'a yiT.n;v'y jw{q.v,a.w yiT.b;k'v h'T;[ -yiK ? yil

14 With kings and with counselors of the earth, Who rebuilt ruins for themselves;

tw{b'r\x ~yin{B;h #,r'a yec][{y.w ~yik'l.m -mi[ ? w{m'l

15 Or with princes who had gold, Who were filling their houses with silver.

~,hyeT'B ~yia.l;m.m;h ~,h'l b'h'z ~yir'f -mi[ w{a ? @,s'K

16 "Or like a miscarriage which is discarded, I would not be, As infants that never saw light.

.Wa'r -a{l ~yil.l{[.K h,y.h,a a{l !.Wm'j l,pen.k ]w{a ? rw{a

17 "There the wicked cease from raging, And there the weary are at rest.

ye[yig.y .Wx.Wn'y ~'v.w z,g{r .Wl.d'x ~yi['v.r ~'v ? ;x{k

18 "The prisoners are at ease together; They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.

feg{n lw{q .W[.m'v a{l .Wn'n]a;v ~yiryis]a d;x;y

19 "The small and the great are there, And the slave is free from his master.

wy'n{d]aem yiv.p'x d,b,[.w a.Wh ~'v lw{d'g.w !{j'q

20 "Why is light given to him who suffers, And life to the bitter of soul,

v,p'n yer'm.l ~yiY;x.w rw{a lem'[.l !eTIy h'M'l

21 Who long for death, but there is none, And dig for it more than for hidden treasures,

~yinw{m.j;Mim .WhUr.P.x;Y;w .WN,nyea.w t,w'M;l ~yiK;x.m;h

22 Who rejoice greatly, And exult when they find the grave?

r,b'q -.Wa.c.mIy yiK .Wfyif'y lyig -yel/a ~yixem.F;h

23 "Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, And whom God has hedged in?

;Hw{l/a .$,s'Y;w h'r'T.sin w{K.r;D -r,v]a r,b,g.l ? w{d][;B

24 "For my groaning comes at the sight of my food, And my cries pour out like water.

~Iy;M;k .Wk.TiY;w a{b't yit'x.n;a yim.x;l yen.pil -yiK ? y't{g]a;v

25 "For what I fear comes upon me, And what I dread befalls me.

yiT.r{g'y r,v]a;w yiney't/a,Y;w yiT.d;x'P d;x;p yiK ? yil a{b'y

26 "I am not at ease, nor am I quiet, And I am not at rest, but turmoil comes."

a{b'Y;w yiT.x'n -a{l.w yiT.j;q'v a{l.w yiT.w;l'v a{l ? z,g{r

Interlinear Bible - Job 3

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