Job 3:1-9

1 Primer discurso de Job
Por fin habló Job y maldijo el día de su nacimiento.

2 Dijo:

3 «Que sea borrado el día en que nací,
y la noche en que fui concebido.

4 Que ese día se convierta en oscuridad;
que se pierda aun para Dios en las alturas,
y que ninguna luz brille en él.

5 Que la oscuridad y la penumbra absoluta reclamen ese día para sí;
que una nube negra lo ensombrezca
y la oscuridad lo llene de terror.

6 Que esa noche sea borrada del calendario
y que nunca más se cuente entre los días del año
ni aparezca entre los meses.

7 Que esa noche sea estéril,
que no tenga ninguna alegría.

8 Que maldigan ese día los expertos en maldiciones,
los que, con una maldición, podrían despertar al Leviatán.

9 Que las estrellas de la mañana de ese día permanezcan en oscuridad;
que en vano espere la luz
y que nunca llegue a ver la aurora.

Job 3:1-9 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.