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1 After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
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After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
2 And Job spake, and said,
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Job said:
3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
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"Let the day perish in which I was born, and the night that said, "A man-child is conceived.'
4 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
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Let that day be darkness! May God above not seek it, or light shine on it.
5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
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Let gloom and deep darkness claim it. Let clouds settle upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
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That night—let thick darkness seize it! let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.
7 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
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Yes, let that night be barren; let no joyful cry be heard in it.
8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
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Let those curse it who curse the Sea, those who are skilled to rouse up Leviathan.
9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
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Let the stars of its dawn be dark; let it hope for light, but have none; may it not see the eyelids of the morning—
10 Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.
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because it did not shut the doors of my mother's womb, and hide trouble from my eyes.
11 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
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"Why did I not die at birth, come forth from the womb and expire?
12 Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
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Why were there knees to receive me, or breasts for me to suck?
13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
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Now I would be lying down and quiet; I would be asleep; then I would be at rest
14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;
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with kings and counselors of the earth who rebuild ruins for themselves,
15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
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or with princes who have gold, who fill their houses with silver.
16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
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Or why was I not buried like a stillborn child, like an infant that never sees the light?
17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
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There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest.
18 There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
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There the prisoners are at ease together; they do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.
19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
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The small and the great are there, and the slaves are free from their masters.
20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
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"Why is light given to one in misery, and life to the bitter in soul,
21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
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who long for death, but it does not come, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;
22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
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who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad when they find the grave?
23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
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Why is light given to one who cannot see the way, whom God has fenced in?
24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
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For my sighing comes like my bread, and my groanings are poured out like water.
25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
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Truly the thing that I fear comes upon me, and what I dread befalls me.
26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
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I am not at ease, nor am I quiet; I have no rest; but trouble comes."
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