Job 3:9-19

9 Oscurézcanse las estrellas de su alba; que espere la luz mas no la tenga, que tampoco vea el rayar de la aurora;

10 porque no cerró las puertas del vientre de mi madre, ni escondió la aflicción de mis ojos.

11 ¿Por qué no morí yo al nacer, o expiré al salir del vientre?

12 ¿Por qué me recibieron las rodillas, y para qué los pechos que me dieron de mamar?

13 Porque ahora yo yacería tranquilo; dormiría, y entonces tendría descanso

14 con los reyes y los consejeros de la tierra, que reedificaron ruinas para sí;

15 o con príncipes que tenían oro, que llenaban sus casas de plata.

16 O como aborto desechado, yo no existiría, como los niños que nunca vieron la luz.

17 Allí los impíos cesan de airarse, y allí reposan los cansados.

18 Juntos reposan los prisioneros; no oyen la voz del capataz.

19 Allí están los pequeños y los grandes, y el esclavo es libre de su señor.

Job 3:9-19 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.