The Latin Vulgate VUL
New American Standard Bible NAS
1 post haec aperuit Iob os suum et maledixit diei suo
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Afterward Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
2 et locutus est
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And Job said ,
3 pereat dies in qua natus sum et nox in qua dictum est conceptus est homo
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"Let the day perish on which I was to be born, And the night which said, 'A boy is conceived.'
4 dies ille vertatur in tenebras non requirat eum Deus desuper et non inlustret lumine
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"May that day be darkness; Let not God above care for it, Nor light shine on it.
5 obscurent eum tenebrae et umbra mortis occupet eum caligo et involvatur amaritudine
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"Let darkness and black gloom claim it; Let a cloud settle on it; Let the blackness of the day terrify it.
6 noctem illam tenebrosus turbo possideat non conputetur in diebus anni nec numeretur in mensibus
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"As for that night, let darkness seize it; Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not come into the number of the months.
7 sit nox illa solitaria nec laude digna
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"Behold, let that night be barren; Let no joyful shout enter it.
8 maledicant ei qui maledicunt diei qui parati sunt suscitare Leviathan
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"Let those curse it who curse the day, Who are prepared to rouse Leviathan.
9 obtenebrentur stellae caligine eius expectet lucem et non videat nec ortum surgentis aurorae
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"Let the stars of its twilight be darkened; Let it wait for light but have none, And let it not see the breaking dawn;
10 quia non conclusit ostia ventris qui portavit me nec abstulit mala ab oculis meis
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Because it did not shut the opening of my mother's womb, Or hide trouble from my eyes.
11 quare non in vulva mortuus sum egressus ex utero non statim perii
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"Why did I not die at birth, Come forth from the womb and expire?
12 quare exceptus genibus cur lactatus uberibus
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"Why did the knees receive me, And why the breasts, that I should suck?
13 nunc enim dormiens silerem et somno meo requiescerem
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"For now I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept then, I would have been at rest,
14 cum regibus et consulibus terrae qui aedificant sibi solitudines
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With kings and with counselors of the earth, Who rebuilt ruins for themselves;
15 aut cum principibus qui possident aurum et replent domos suas argento
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Or with princes who had gold, Who were filling their houses with silver.
16 aut sicut abortivum absconditum non subsisterem vel qui concepti non viderunt lucem
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"Or like a miscarriage which is discarded, I would not be, As infants that never saw light.
17 ibi impii cessaverunt a tumultu et ibi requieverunt fessi robore
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"There the wicked cease from raging, And there the weary are at rest.
18 et quondam vincti pariter sine molestia non audierunt vocem exactoris
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"The prisoners are at ease together; They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.
19 parvus et magnus ibi sunt et servus liber a domino suo
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"The small and the great are there, And the slave is free from his master.
20 quare data est misero lux et vita his qui in amaritudine animae sunt
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"Why is light given to him who suffers, And life to the bitter of soul,
21 qui expectant mortem et non venit quasi effodientes thesaurum
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Who long for death, but there is none, And dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
22 gaudentque vehementer cum invenerint sepulchrum
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Who rejoice greatly, And exult when they find the grave?
23 viro cuius abscondita est via et circumdedit eum Deus tenebris
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"Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, And whom God has hedged in?
24 antequam comedam suspiro et quasi inundantes aquae sic rugitus meus
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"For my groaning comes at the sight of my food, And my cries pour out like water.
25 quia timor quem timebam evenit mihi et quod verebar accidit
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"For what I fear comes upon me, And what I dread befalls me.
26 nonne dissimulavi nonne silui nonne quievi et venit super me indignatio
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"I am not at ease, nor am I quiet, And I am not at rest, but turmoil comes."
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