Job 3 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 After this Job opened his mouth, and he will curse 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 Job will answer and say, And Job said: He said:
3 The day shall perish I shall bring forth in it, and the night said, A male 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 That day shall be darkness; God shall not search it out from above, and the light shall not shine upon 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 Darkness shall pollute it, and the shadow of death; a cloud shall dwell upon it; the obscurations of day shall 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 That night darkness shall take it; it shall not be joined upon the days of the year; it shall not come into the number of 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 Behold, that night shall be hard; no rejoicing shall be in it. 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 They cursing the day shall curse it, they being ready to rouse up the sea monster. 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 The stars of its twilight shall he dark; it shall wait for light, and none; and it shall not look upon the eyelashes 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 it shut not up the doors of my belly; and shall it hide the labor of mine 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 Wherefore shall I not die from the womb? and I came forth from the belly, and I shall expire. “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 did the knees anticipate me? and wherefore the breasts that I shall suck? 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 now I lay down and I shall rest; I slept: then there will be rest to me. 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 kings and counselors of the earth building the wastes for themselves; 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 with chiefs, gold to them, 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 as a hidden abortion I shall not be; as children they saw not 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 unjust ceased to be angry, and the weary in strength shall 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 They being bound, rested together; they heard not the voice of the taskmaster. 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 little and the great, he is there; and the servant being free from his lord. 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 Wherefore shall light be given to him toiling, and life to the bitter 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 Waiting for death, and it is not; and they will dig more than for hidden treasures; 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 Rejoicing with joy 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 To a man whose way was hid, and God will hedge about him? 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 For my sighing will come before any bread, and my groanings shall be poured put as waters. 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 I feared a fear, and it will come upon me, and what I was afraid of will come to 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 was not secure, and I rested not, and I was not quiet; and trouble will come. 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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