“after this, opened Job his mouth and cursed his day,”
Job 3
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DH
David Hocking7
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William MacDonald5
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Mack Tomlinson3
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Keith Daniel2
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Scott MacLeod2
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1After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
2And this is what he said:
“And Job said”
“And Job said”
“And Job said,”
“and Job said”
“And Job said”
“And Job said”
3"May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, 'A boy is conceived.'
“May the day perish on which I was born. And the night in which it was said a male child is conceived.”
“Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There's a man, child, conceived.”
4If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.
“Let that day be darkness. Let not God regard it from above. Neither let the light shine upon it.”
“Let that day be darkness, let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.”
5May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
“Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it. Let a cloud dwell upon it. Let the blackness of the day terrify it.”
“Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it, let a cloud dwell upon it, let the blackness of the day terrify it.”
“May darkness and the shadow of death claim it. May a cloud settle on it. May the blackness of the day”
6If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.
“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 month.”
7Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.
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8May it be cursed by those who curse the day — those prepared to rouse Leviathan.
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9May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
“let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark. Let it look for light and have none. Neither let it see the dawning of the day,”
10For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.
“because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid the sorrows from my eyes.”
11Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?
“why did I not die at birth? Why did I not perish when I came from the womb?”
12Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed?
“Why did the knees prevent me? Or why the breast that I should”
“Why did the knees receive me and why do the breasts that I should”
13For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest
“For now should I have lain still and been quiet. I should have slept. Then I had been at rest.”
“now I would have leaned still and been quiet. I would have been asleep. Then I would have been at rest.”
14with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,
“With the kings and the counselors of the earth which built desolate places for themselves.”
15or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.
“Or with the princes that had gold who filled their houses with silver.”
16Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?
“Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been as infants which never saw light.”
“Why was I not hidden like a stillborn child like infants who never saw light?”
17There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.
“there the wicked cease from troubling and there the weary be at rest.”
“There, he said, the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary be at rest.”
“They're the wicked cease from troubling and they're the weary are at rest.”
18The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.
“There the prisoners rest together. They hear not the voice of the oppressor.”
“They're the prisoners rest together. They do not hear the voice of the oppressor.”
19Both small and great are there, and the slave is freed from his master.
“The small and great are there and the servant is free from his master.”
20Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,
“Why is light given to him who suffers, and life to the bitter of soul,”
“Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery and life to the bitter in soul”
21who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,
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22who rejoice and greatly exult when they can find the grave?
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23Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
“Why is light given to a man whose way is hid and in whom God hath hedged in?”
“why is light given to a man whose way is hidden? Whom God has hedged in?”
“Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden whom God has hedged in?”
24I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
“For my sighing cometh before I eat and my roarings are poured out like the waters.”
“for my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.”
25For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.
“For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me. And that which I was afraid of is come unto me.”
“for what I fear comes upon me, and what I dread befalls me.”
“for the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me and not which I was afraid of is come unto me.”
“For the thing which I greatly feared has come upon me and that which I was afraid of has come unto me.”
26I am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come."
“I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet, yet trouble came.”
“I was not in safety. Neither had I rest neither was I quiet. Yet trouble came.”
“I am not at ease, nor am I quiet. I have no rest, for trouble, what? Comes.”
“I am not at ease, nor am I quiet. I am not at rest, but turmoil comes”