Job 3:5-15

5 Que tinieblas y sombra de muerte sea su redentor; reposara sobre él nublado, que lo hiciera horrible como día caluroso

6 Aquella noche ocupara oscuridad, ni fuera contada entre los días del año, ni viniera en el número de los meses

7 ¡Oh, si fuere aquella noche solitaria, que no viniera en ella canción

8 Maldijéranla los que maldicen al día, los que se aparejan para levantar su llanto

9 Las estrellas de su alba fueran oscurecidas; esperaran la luz, y no viniera, ni viera los párpados de la mañana

10 por cuanto no cerró las puertas del vientre donde yo estaba, ni escondió de mis ojos la miseria

11 ¿Por qué no morí yo desde la matriz, o fui traspasado saliendo del vientre

12 ¿Por qué me previnieron las rodillas? ¿Y para qué los senos que mamare

13 Pues que ahora yaciera yo, y reposara; durmiera, y entonces tuviera reposo

14 con los reyes y con los consejeros de la tierra, que edifican para sí los desiertos

15 o con los príncipes que poseen el oro, que llenan sus casas de plata

Job 3:5-15 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.