Job 3 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 At last Job spoke, and he cursed the day of his birth. 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 He said: And Job said: He said:
3 “Let the day of my birth be erased, and the night I was 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 Let that day be turned to darkness. Let it be lost even to God on high, and let no light shine on 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 the darkness and utter gloom claim that day for its own. Let a black cloud overshadow it, and let the darkness 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 that night be blotted off the calendar, never again to be counted among the days of the year, never again to appear among 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 Let that night be childless. Let it have no joy. 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 those who are experts at cursing— whose cursing could rouse Leviathan— curse that day. 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 its morning stars remain dark. Let it hope for light, but in vain; may it never see the morning light. 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 Curse that day for failing to shut my mother’s womb, for letting me be born to see all 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 wasn’t I born dead? Why didn’t I die as I came from the womb? “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 laid on my mother’s lap? Why did she nurse me at her 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 Had I died at birth, I would now be at peace. I would be 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 I would rest with the world’s kings and prime ministers, whose great buildings now lie in 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 I would rest with princes, rich in gold, whose palaces were filled 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 Why wasn’t I buried like a stillborn child, like a baby who never lives to see 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 For in death the wicked cause no trouble, and the weary 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 Even captives are at ease in death, with no guards to curse them. 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 Rich and poor are both there, and the slave 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 “Oh, why give light to those in misery, and life to those who are bitter? “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 They long for death, and it won’t come. They search for death more eagerly 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 They’re filled with joy when they finally die, and rejoice when they find 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 Why is life given to those with no future, those God has surrounded with difficulties? 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 I cannot eat for sighing; my groans 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 What I always feared has happened to me. What I dreaded has come true. 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 have no peace, no quietness. I have no rest; only trouble comes.” 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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