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1 After this, Job opened 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 he said:
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Job said:
3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said: A man child is 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 turned into darkness, let not God regard it from above, and let not 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, cover it, let a mist overspread it, and let it be wrapped up in bitterness.
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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 Let a darksome whirlwind seize upon that night, let it not be counted in the days of the year, nor numbered in 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 Let that night be solitary, and not worthy of praise.
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Yes, let that night be barren; let no joyful cry be heard in it.
8 Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to raise up a leviathan:
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Let those curse it who curse the Sea, those who are skilled to rouse up Leviathan.
9 Let the stars be darkened with the mist thereof: let it expect light, and not see it, nor the rising of 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 the womb that bore me, nor took away evils from my 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 did I not die in the womb? why did I not perish 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 received upon the knees? why suckled at the breasts?
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Why were there knees to receive me, or breasts for me to suck?
13 For now I should have been asleep and still, and should have rest in my sleep:
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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 consuls of the earth, who build themselves solitudes:
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with kings and counselors of the earth who rebuild ruins for themselves,
15 Or with princes, that possess gold, and fill their houses with silver:
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or with princes who have gold, who fill their houses with silver.
16 Or as a hidden untimely birth, I should not be; or as they that, being conceived, have not seen the 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 tumult, and there the wearied in strength are at rest.
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There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest.
18 And they sometime bound together without disquiet, have not heard 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 Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to them that are in bitterness of soul?
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"Why is light given to one in misery, and life to the bitter in soul,
21 That look for death, and it cometh not, as they that dig for a treasure:
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who long for death, but it does not come, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;
22 And they rejoice exceedingly when they have found the grave?
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who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad when they find the grave?
23 To a man whose way is hidden, and God hath surrounded him with darkness?
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Why is light given to one who cannot see the way, whom God has fenced in?
24 Before I eat I sigh: and as overflowing waters, so is my roaring:
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For my sighing comes like my bread, and my groanings are poured out like water.
25 For the fear which I feared, hath come upon me: and that which I was afraid of, hath befallen me.
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Truly the thing that I fear comes upon me, and what I dread befalls me.
26 Have I not dissembled? have I not kept silence? have I not been quiet? and indignation is come upon me.
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I am not at ease, nor am I quiet; I have no rest; but trouble comes."
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