3:1 After this Job opened his mouth, and
cursed his day,
3:2 saying,
3:3 Let the day perish in which I was born, and that night in which they
said, Behold a man-child!
3:4 Let that night be darkness, and let not the Lord regard it from above,
neither let light come upon it.
3:5 But let darkness and the shadow of death seize it; let blackness come
upon it;
3:6 let that day and night be cursed, let darkness carry them away; let it
not come into the days of the year, neither let it be numbered with the days
of the months.
3:7 But let that night be pain, and let not mirth come upon it, nor joy.
3:8 But let him that curses that day curse it, [even] he that is ready to
attack the great whale.
3:9 Let the stars of that night be darkened; let it remain [dark], and not
come into light; and let it not see the morning star arise:
3:10 because it shut not up the gates of my mother's womb, for [so] it would
have removed sorrow from my eyes.
3:11 For why died I not in the belly? and [why] did I not come forth from
the womb and die immediately?
3:12 and why did the knees support me? and why did I suck the breasts?
3:13 Now I should have lain down and been quiet, I should have slept and
been at rest,
3:14 with kings [and] councillors of the earth, who gloried in [their]
swords;
3:15 or with rulers, whose gold was abundant, who filled their houses with
silver:
3:16 or [I should have been] as an untimely birth proceeding from his
mother's womb, or as infants who never saw light.
3:17 There the ungodly have burnt out the fury of rage; there the wearied in
body rest.
3:18 And the men of old time have together ceased to hear the exactor's
voice.
3:19 The small and great are there, and the servant that feared his lord.
3:20 For why is light given to those who are in bitterness, and life to
those souls which are in griefs?
3:21 who desire death, and obtain it not, digging [for it] as [for]
treasures;
3:22 and would be very joyful if they should gain it?
3:23 Death [is] rest to [such] a man, for God has hedged him in.
3:24 For my groaning comes before my food, and I weep being beset with
terror.
3:25 For the terror of which I meditated has come upon me, and that which I
had feared has befallen me.
3:26 I was not at peace, nor quiet, nor had I rest; yet wrath came upon me. |
3:1 After this opened Job his mouth, and
cursed his day.
3:2 And Job spake, and said,
3:3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was
said, There is a man child conceived.
3:4 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let
the light shine upon it.
3:5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon
it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
3:6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto
the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
3:7 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
3:8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their
mourning.
3:9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light,
but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
3:10 Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow
from mine eyes.
3:11 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I
came out of the belly?
3:12 Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
3:13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept:
then had I been at rest,
3:14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which build desolate places
for themselves;
3:15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
3:16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never
saw light.
3:17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
3:18 There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the
oppressor.
3:19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
3:20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the
bitter in soul;
3:21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for
hid treasures;
3:22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
3:23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged
in?
3:24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like
the waters.
3:25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I
was afraid of is come unto me.
3:26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet
trouble came. |