Giobbe 3:2-12

2 E prese a dire così:

3 "Perisca il giorno ch’io nacqui e la notte che disse: "E’ concepito un maschio!"

4 Quel giorno si converta in tenebre, non se ne curi Iddio dall’alto, né splenda sovr’esso raggio di luce!

5 Se lo riprendano le tenebre e l’ombra di morte, resti sovr’esso una fitta nuvola, le eclissi lo riempian di paura!

6 Quella notte diventi preda d’un buio cupo, non abbia la gioia di contar tra i giorni dell’anno, non entri nel novero de’ mesi!

7 Quella notte sia notte sterile, e non vi s’oda grido di gioia.

8 La maledicano quei che maledicono i giorni e sono esperti nell’evocare il drago.

9 Si oscurino le stelle del suo crepuscolo, aspetti la luce e la luce non venga, e non miri le palpebre dell’alba,

10 poiché non chiuse la porta del seno che mi portava, e non celò l’affanno agli occhi miei.

11 Perché non morii nel seno di mia madre? Perché non spirai appena uscito dalle sue viscere?

12 Perché trovai delle ginocchia per ricevermi e delle mammelle da poppare?

Giobbe 3:2-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 3

In this chapter we have an account of Job's cursing the day of his birth, and the night of his conception; Job 3:1-3; first the day, to which he wishes the most extreme darkness, Job 3:4,5; then the night, to which he wishes the same and that it might be destitute of all joy, and be cursed by others as well as by himself, Job 3:6-9; The reasons follow, because it did not prevent his coming into the world, and because he died not on it, Job 3:10-12; which would, as he judged, have been an happiness to him; and this he illustrates by the still and quiet state of the dead, the company they are with, and their freedom from all trouble, oppression, and bondage, Job 3:13-19; but however, since it was otherwise with him, he desires his life might not be prolonged, and expostulates about the continuance of it, Job 3:20-23; and this by reason of his present troubles, which were many and great, and came upon him as he feared they would, and which had made him uneasy in his prosperity, Job 3:24-26.