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Job 3

Common English Bible CEB

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 King James Version NKJV

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

2 And Job spoke, and said:

3 "May the day perish on which I was born, And the night in which it was said, 'A male child is conceived.'

4 May that day be darkness; May God above not seek it, Nor the light shine upon it.

5 May darkness and the shadow of death claim it; May a cloud settle on it; May the blackness of the day terrify it.

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

7 Oh, may that night be barren! May no joyful shout come into it!

8 May those curse it who curse the day, Those who are ready to arouse Leviathan.

9 May the stars of its morning be dark; May it look for light, but have none, And not see the dawning of the day;

10 Because it did not shut up the doors of my mother's womb, Nor hide sorrow from my eyes.

11 "Why did I not die at birth? Why did I not perish when I came from the womb?

12 Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breasts, that I should nurse?

13 For now I would have lain still and been quiet, I would have been asleep; Then I would have been at rest

14 With kings and counselors of the earth, Who built ruins for themselves,

15 Or with princes who had gold, Who filled their houses with silver;

16 Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, Like infants who never saw light?

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

18 There the prisoners rest together; They do not hear the voice of the oppressor.

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

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

21 Who long for death, but it does not come, And search for it more than hidden treasures;

22 Who rejoice exceedingly, And are glad when they can find the grave?

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

24 For my sighing comes before I eat, And my groanings pour out like water.

25 For the thing I greatly feared has come upon me, And what I dreaded has happened to me.

26 I am not at ease, nor am I quiet; I have no rest, for trouble comes."