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Job 3

New Century Version NCV

1 After seven days Job cried out and cursed the day he had been born,

2 saying:

3 "Let the day I was born be destroyed, and the night it was said, 'A boy is born!'

4 Let that day turn to darkness. Don't let God care about it. Don't let light shine on it.

5 Let darkness and gloom have that day. Let a cloud hide it. Let thick darkness cover its light.

6 Let thick darkness capture that night. Don't count it among the days of the year or put it in any of the months.

7 Let that night be empty, with no shout of joy to be heard.

8 Let those who curse days curse that day. Let them prepare to wake up the sea monster Leviathan.

9 Let that day's morning stars never appear; let it wait for daylight that never comes. Don't let it see the first light of dawn,

10 because it allowed me to be born and did not hide trouble from my eyes.

11 "Why didn't I die as soon as I was born? Why didn't I die when I came out of the womb?

12 Why did my mother's knees receive me, and my mother's breasts feed me?

13 If they had not been there, I would be lying dead in peace; I would be asleep and at rest

14 with kings and wise men of the earth who built places for themselves that are now ruined.

15 I would be asleep with rulers who filled their houses with gold and silver.

16 Why was I not buried like a child born dead, like a baby who never saw the light of day?

17 In the grave the wicked stop making trouble, and the weary workers are at rest.

18 In the grave there is rest for the captives who no longer hear the shout of the slave driver.

19 People great and small are in the grave, and the slave is freed from his master.

20 "Why is light given to those in misery? Why is life given to those who are so unhappy?

21 They want to die, but death does not come. They search for death more than for hidden treasure.

22 They are very happy when they get to the grave.

23 They cannot see where they are going. God has hidden the road ahead.

24 I make sad sounds as I eat; my groans pour out like water.

25 Everything I feared and dreaded has happened to me.

26 I have no peace or quietness. I have no rest, only trouble."

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."