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Job 3

Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha CEBA

1 Afterward, Job spoke up and cursed the day he was born.

2 Job said:

3 Perish the day I was born, the night someone said, "A boy has been conceived."

4 That day—let it be darkness; may God above ignore it, and light not shine on it.

5 May deepest darkness claim it and a cloud linger over it; may all that darkens the day terrify it.

6 May gloom seize that night; may it not be counted in the days of a year; may it not appear in the months.

7 May that night be childless; may no happy singing come in it.

8 May those who curse the day curse it, those with enough skill to awaken Leviathan.

9 May its evening stars stay dark; may it wait in vain for light; may it not see dawn's gleam,

10 because it didn't close the doors of my mother's womb, didn't hide trouble from my eyes.

11 Why didn't I die at birth, come forth from the womb and die?

12 Why did knees receive me and breasts let me nurse?

13 For now I would be lying down quietly; I'd sleep; rest would be mine

14 with kings and earth's advisors, who rebuild ruins for themselves,

15 or with princes who have gold, who fill their houses with silver.

16 Or why wasn't I like a buried miscarried infant, like babies who never see light?

17 There the wicked rage no more; there the weak rest.

18 Prisoners are entirely at ease; they don't hear a boss's voice.

19 Both small and great are there; a servant is free from his masters.

20 Why is light given to the hard worker, life to those bitter of soul,

21 those waiting in vain for death, who search for it more than for treasure,

22 who rejoice excitedly, who are thrilled when they find a grave?

23 Why is light given to the person whose way is hidden, whom God has fenced in?

24 My groans become my bread; my roars pour out like water.

25 Because I was afraid of something awful, and it arrived; what I dreaded came to me.

26 I had no ease, quiet, or rest, and trembling came.

New International Version NIV

1 After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.

2 He said:

3 “May the day of my birth perish, and the night that said, ‘A boy is conceived!’

4 That day—may it turn to darkness; may God above not care about it; may no light shine on it.

5 May gloom and utter darkness claim it once more; may a cloud settle over it; may blackness overwhelm it.

6 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 May that night be barren; may no shout of joy be heard in it.

8 May those who curse days curse that day, those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.

9 May its morning stars become dark; may it wait for daylight in vain and not see the first rays of dawn,

10 for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me to hide trouble from my eyes.

11 “Why did I not perish at birth, and die as I came from the womb?

12 Why were there knees to receive me and breasts that I might be nursed?

13 For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest

14 with kings and rulers of the earth, who built for themselves places now lying in ruins,

15 with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.

16 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 turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.

18 Captives also enjoy their ease; they no longer hear the slave driver’s shout.

19 The small and the great are there, and the slaves are freed from their owners.

20 “Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter of soul,

21 to those who long for death that does not come, who search for it more than for hidden treasure,

22 who are filled with gladness and rejoice when they reach the grave?

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

24 For sighing has become my daily food; my groans pour out like water.

25 What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me.

26 I have no peace, no quietness; I have no rest, but only turmoil.”