Job 3 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed his day, After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
2 and this is what he said: And Job said: He said:
3 May the day perish on which I was born, and the night, in which it was said, “A man has been conceived.” “Let the day perish on which I was born, and the night that said, ‘A man is conceived.’ “May the day of my birth perish, and the night that said, ‘A boy is conceived!’
4 May that day be turned into darkness, may God not seek it from above, and may light not illuminate it. Let that day be darkness! May God above not seek it, nor light shine upon it. That day—may it turn to darkness; may God above not care about it; may no light shine on it.
5 Let darkness and the shadow of death obscure it, let a fog overtake it, and let it be enveloped in bitterness. Let gloom and deep darkness claim it. Let clouds dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. May gloom and utter darkness claim it once more; may a cloud settle over it; may blackness overwhelm it.
6 Let a whirlwind of darkness take hold of that night, let it not be counted in the days of the year, nor numbered in the months. That night—let thick darkness seize it! Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months. That night—may thick darkness seize it; may it not be included among the days of the year nor be entered in any of the months.
7 May that night be alone and unworthy of praise. Behold, let that night be barren; let no joyful cry enter it. May that night be barren; may no shout of joy be heard in it.
8 May they curse it, who curse the day, who are prepared to awaken a leviathan. Let those curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up Leviathan. May those who curse days curse that day, those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.
9 Let the stars be concealed with its darkness. Let it expect light, and not see it, nor the rising of the dawn in the East. Let the stars of its dawn be dark; let it hope for light, but have none, nor see the eyelids of the morning, May its morning stars become dark; may it wait for daylight in vain and not see the first rays of dawn,
10 For it did not close the doors of the womb that bore me, nor take away evils from my eyes. because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hide trouble from my eyes. for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me to hide trouble from my eyes.
11 Why did I not die in the womb? Having left the womb, why did I not immediately perish? “Why did I not die at birth, come out from the womb and expire? “Why did I not perish at birth, and die as I came from the womb?
12 Why was I received upon the knees? Why was I suckled at the breasts? Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breasts, that I should nurse? Why were there knees to receive me and breasts that I might be nursed?
13 For by now, I should have been sleeping silently, and taking rest in my sleep For then I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept; then I would have been at rest, For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest
14 with the kings and consuls of the earth, who build themselves solitudes, with kings and counselors of the earth who rebuilt ruins for themselves, with kings and rulers of the earth, who built for themselves places now lying in ruins,
15 either with princes, who possess gold and fill their houses with silver, or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver. with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.
16 or, like a hidden miscarriage, I should not have continued, just like those who, being conceived, have not seen the light. Or why was I not as a hidden stillborn child, as infants who never see the light? Or why was I not hidden away in the ground like a stillborn child, like an infant who never saw the light of day?
17 There the impious cease from rebellion, and there the wearied in strength take rest. There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest. There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.
18 And at such times, having been bound together without difficulty, they have not heard the voice of the bailiff. There the prisoners are at ease together; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster. Captives also enjoy their ease; they no longer hear the slave driver’s shout.
19 The small and great are there, and the servant is free from his master. The small and the great are there, and the slave is free from his master. The small and the great are there, and the slaves are freed from their owners.
20 Why is light given to the miserable, and life to those who are in bitterness of soul, “Why is light given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul, “Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter of soul,
21 who expect death, and it does not arrive, like those who dig for treasure who long for death, but it comes not, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures, to those who long for death that does not come, who search for it more than for hidden treasure,
22 and who rejoice greatly when they have found the grave, who rejoice exceedingly and are glad when they find the grave? who are filled with gladness and rejoice when they reach the grave?
23 to a man whose way is hidden and whom God has surrounded with darkness? Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in? Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
24 Before I eat, I sigh; and like overflowing waters, so is my howl, For my sighing comes instead of my bread, and my groanings are poured out like water. For sighing has become my daily food; my groans pour out like water.
25 for the terror that I feared has happened to me, and so has the dread befallen me. For the thing that I fear comes upon me, and what I dread befalls me. What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me.
26 Have I not remained hidden? Have I not kept silence? Have I not remained calm? Yet indignation has overcome me. I am not at ease, nor am I quiet; I have no rest, but trouble comes.” I have no peace, no quietness; I have no rest, but only turmoil.”
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