Job 3:19-26

19 Allí está el chico y el grande; allí es el siervo libre de su señor

20 ¿Por qué dio luz al trabajado, y vida a los amargos de ánimo

21 Que esperan la muerte, y no la hay; y la buscan más que tesoros

22 Que se alegran sobremanera, y se gozan cuando hallan el sepulcro

23 Al hombre que no sabe por donde vaya, y que Dios lo encerró

24 Porque antes que mi pan, viene mi suspiro; y mis bramidos corren como aguas

25 Porque el temor que me espantaba me ha venido, y me ha acontecido lo que temía

26 Nunca tuve prosperidad, nunca me aseguré, ni nunca me reposé; y me vino turbación

Job 3:19-26 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.