Job 3 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 After this, Job spoke up solemnly, cursing the day he was born. 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 This is what Job said: And Job said: He said:
3 |Let the day when I was born be annihilated, along with the night when it was announced, 'It's a boy!' “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 Let that day be dark; let God above not care about it; let no light shine over 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 deep gloom reclaim it; let clouds settle down on it; let blackness in mid-day terrify it. 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 darkness carry that night away; let it not take its place joyfully among the days of the year; let it not be entered into the calendar. 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 |Yes, let that night be barren; let it not appear with its joyful shout. 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 Let whoever curses days curse it— those who are ready to awaken monsters. 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 of its evening twilight be dark; let it hope for light but let there be none; let it not see the breaking rays of the dawn. 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 |Because that night refused to shut the doors of my mother's womb; it failed to keep me from seeing this trouble. 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 didn't I die while I was still in the womb, or die while I was being born? “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 there a lap to hold me, and why were there breasts to nurse me? 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 |If I had died, I would be lying down by now, undisturbed, asleep, and at rest, 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 along with kings and counselors of the earth, who used to build for themselves what are now only ruins, 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 or princes who amassed gold for themselves, and who kept filling 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 why was I not buried like a stillborn child, like babies who never saw 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 In that place, the wicked stop causing trouble, and there, those whose strength is exhausted are at 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 In that place, those who once were prisoners will be at ease together; they won't hear the voice of oppressors. 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 unimportant and the important are both 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 does God give light to the sufferer or life to the bitter person: “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 To those who are longing for death— even though it does not come? To those who search for it more than for hidden 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 To those who are happy beyond measure when they reach their graves? 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 the formerly successful man who lost his way in life, and God fenced him in? 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 |As far as I'm concerned, my food comes to me in the form of sighs, and my cries of anguish pour out like water. 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 dreaded thing that I feared has happened to me, what caused me to worry has engulfed 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 I will not be at ease; I will not be quiet; I will not rest; because trouble has arrived.| 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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