| New American Standard Bible 1995 | King James Bible |
| 1Afterward Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. | 1After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. |
| 2And Job said, | 2And Job spake, and said, |
| 3"Let the day perish on which I was to be born, And the night which said, 'A boy is conceived.' | 3Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived. |
| 4"May that day be darkness; Let not God above care for it, Nor light shine on it. | 4Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it. |
| 5"Let darkness and black gloom claim it; Let a cloud settle on it; Let the blackness of the day terrify it. | 5Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. |
| 6"As for that night, let darkness seize it; Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not come into the number of the months. | 6As 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. |
| 7"Behold, let that night be barren; Let no joyful shout enter it. | 7Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein. |
| 8"Let those curse it who curse the day, Who are prepared to rouse Leviathan. | 8Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning. |
| 9"Let the stars of its twilight be darkened; Let it wait for light but have none, And let it not see the breaking dawn; | 9Let 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: |
| 10Because it did not shut the opening of my mother's womb, Or hide trouble from my eyes. | 10Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes. |
| 11"Why did I not die at birth, Come forth from the womb and expire? | 11Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly? |
| 12"Why did the knees receive me, And why the breasts, that I should suck? | 12Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck? |
| 13"For now I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept then, I would have been at rest, | 13For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest, |
| 14With kings and with counselors of the earth, Who rebuilt ruins for themselves; | 14With kings and counsellers of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves; |
| 15Or with princes who had gold, Who were filling their houses with silver. | 15Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver: |
| 16"Or like a miscarriage which is discarded, I would not be, As infants that never saw light. | 16Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light. |
| 17"There the wicked cease from raging, And there the weary are at rest. | 17There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. |
| 18"The prisoners are at ease together; They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster. | 18There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. |
| 19"The small and the great are there, And the slave is free from his master. | 19The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master. |
| 20"Why is light given to him who suffers, And life to the bitter of soul, | 20Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; |
| 21Who long for death, but there is none, And dig for it more than for hidden treasures, | 21Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; |
| 22Who rejoice greatly, And exult when they find the grave? | 22Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave? |
| 23"Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, And whom God has hedged in? | 23Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in? |
| 24"For my groaning comes at the sight of my food, And my cries pour out like water. | 24For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters. |
| 25"For what I fear comes upon me, And what I dread befalls me. | 25For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me. |
| 26"I am not at ease, nor am I quiet, And I am not at rest, but turmoil comes." | 26I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came. |
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