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Job 3

The Complete Jewish Bible CJB

1 At length, Iyov broke the silence and cursed the day of his [birth].

2 Iyov said,

3 "Perish the day I was born and the night that said, 'A man is conceived.'

4 May that day be darkness, may God on high not seek it, may no light shine on it,

5 may gloom dark as death defile it, may clouds settle on it, may it be terrified by its own blackness.

6 "As for that night, may thick darkness seize it, may it not be joined to the days of the year, may it not be numbered among the months;

7 may that night be desolate, may no cry of joy be heard in it;

8 may those who curse days curse it, those who[se curses] could rouse Livyatan;

9 may the stars of its twilight be dark, may it look for light but get none, may it never see the shimmer of dawn

10 because it didn't shut the doors of the womb I was in and shield my eyes from trouble.

11 "If I had been stillborn, if I had died at birth,

12 had there been no knees to receive me or breasts for me to suck.

13 Then I would be lying still and in peace, I would have slept and been at rest,

14 along with kings and their earthly advisers, who rebuilt ruins for themselves,

15 or with princes who had [plenty of] gold, who filled their houses with silver.

16 Or I could have been like a hidden, miscarried child that never saw light.

17 "There the wicked cease their raging, there the weary are at rest,

18 prisoners live at peace together without hearing a taskmaster's yells.

19 Great and small alike are there, and the slave is free of his master.

20 "So why must light be given to the miserable and life to the bitter in spirit?

21 They long for death, but it never comes; they search for it more than for buried treasure;

22 when at last they find the grave, they are so happy they shout for joy.

23 [Why give light] to a man who wanders blindly, whom God shuts in on every side?

24 "My sighing serves in place of my food, and my groans pour out in a torrent;

25 for the thing I feared has overwhelmed me, what I dreaded has happened to me.

26 I have no peace, no quiet, no rest; and anguish keeps coming."

New Living Translation NLT

1 At last Job spoke, and he cursed the day of his birth.

2 He said:

3 “Let the day of my birth be erased, and the night I was conceived.

4 Let that day be turned to darkness. Let it be lost even to God on high, and let no light shine on it.

5 Let the darkness and utter gloom claim that day for its own. Let a black cloud overshadow it, and let the darkness terrify it.

6 Let that night be blotted off the calendar, never again to be counted among the days of the year, never again to appear among the months.

7 Let that night be childless. Let it have no joy.

8 Let those who are experts at cursing— whose cursing could rouse Leviathan — curse that day.

9 Let its morning stars remain dark. Let it hope for light, but in vain; may it never see the morning light.

10 Curse that day for failing to shut my mother’s womb, for letting me be born to see all this trouble.

11 “Why wasn’t I born dead? Why didn’t I die as I came from the womb?

12 Why was I laid on my mother’s lap? Why did she nurse me at her breasts?

13 Had I died at birth, I would now be at peace. I would be asleep and at rest.

14 I would rest with the world’s kings and prime ministers, whose great buildings now lie in ruins.

15 I would rest with princes, rich in gold, whose palaces were filled with silver.

16 Why wasn’t I buried like a stillborn child, like a baby who never lives to see the light?

17 For in death the wicked cause no trouble, and the weary are at rest.

18 Even captives are at ease in death, with no guards to curse them.

19 Rich and poor are both there, and the slave is free from his master.

20 “Oh, why give light to those in misery, and life to those who are bitter?

21 They long for death, and it won’t come. They search for death more eagerly than for hidden treasure.

22 They’re filled with joy when they finally die, and rejoice when they find the grave.

23 Why is life given to those with no future, those God has surrounded with difficulties?

24 I cannot eat for sighing; my groans pour out like water.

25 What I always feared has happened to me. What I dreaded has come true.

26 I have no peace, no quietness. I have no rest; only trouble comes.”