Job 3:19-26

19 Là, le petit et le grand sont ensemble, et l'esclave est délivré de son maître.

20 Pourquoi donne-t-on la lumière au malheureux, et la vie à ceux dont l'âme est pleine d'amertume?

21 Qui attendent la mort, et elle ne vient point, qui la recherchent plus qu'un trésor,

22 Qui seraient contents jusqu'à l'allégresse et ravis de joie, s'ils trouvaient le tombeau?

23 A l'homme qui ne connaît pas sa voie et que Dieu cerne de tous côtés?

24 Car je soupire au lieu de manger, et mes cris se répandent comme l'eau.

25 Ce que je crains m'arrive, et ce que j'appréhende vient sur moi.

26 Je n'ai ni paix, ni tranquillité, ni repos! Le tourment est venu!

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.