Verse
KJV
King James Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
After this opened
Job his mouth ,
and cursed his
day.
After this ,
Job opened
his mouth and cursed the
day of
his
birth
.
And Job
spake,
and
said ,
And this
is
what
he
said :
Let
the day perish wherein
I
was
born
, and the night in
which
it was said, There
is
a man
child
conceived.
“May
the day of
my
birth
perish, and the night it was said, ‘
A boy
is
conceived. ’
Let
that day be
darkness ;
let
not
God regard
it
from
above ,
neither
let
the
light shine upon it.
If
only
that day had
turned
to
darkness !
May
God above disregard
it;
may
no
light shine upon it.
Let
darkness and the
shadow
of
death
stain
it ;
let
a cloud dwell
upon
it; let
the blackness of the day terrify
it.
May
darkness and gloom
reclaim
it ,
and
a cloud settle
over
it; may
the blackness of the day overwhelm
it.
As
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.
If
only
darkness
had
taken
that night away!
May
it not appear
among
the days of the year ;
may
it never
be
entered
in
any
of the months.
Lo
, let
that night be solitary,
let
no joyful voice come therein
.
Behold
, may
that night be barren;
may
no joyful voice come into
it
.
Let
them
curse
it that
curse the day ,
who
are
ready
to raise
up
their
mourning
.
May
it be
cursed
by
those
who
curse the day —
those
prepared
to rouse
Leviathan
.
Let
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:
May
its
morning
stars grow
dark; may
it wait
in
vain
for daylight
; may
it not
see the breaking
of dawn.
Because
it
shut
not up
the doors of my
mother's
womb ,
nor
hid
sorrow from mine
eyes.
For
that
night
did
not shut
the doors of the
womb to
hide
the
sorrow from my
eyes.
Why died
I not from
the
womb?
why did I not give
up
the
ghost
when
I came out
of
the belly
?
Why did
I not perish
at
birth;
why did I not die
as
I came from
the womb
?
Why did
the
knees prevent
me ?
or
why
the
breasts that I should suck
?
Why were
there
knees to
receive
me ,
and
breasts that I should be
nursed
?
For now should
I have
lain
still
and
been
quiet,
I
should
have
slept:
then
had
I been
at rest ,
For now I would
be
lying
down
in
peace;
I would
be
asleep
and
at rest
With kings and counsellors
of the earth, which
build
desolate
places
for themselves ;
with kings and counselors
of the earth, who
built
for themselves cities
now
in
ruins,
Or with princes that
had gold, who filled their houses with silver :
or with princes who
had gold, who filled their houses with silver .
Or as
an
hidden
untimely
birth
I had
not been;
as
infants
which
never saw
light.
Or why
was
I not hidden
like
a
stillborn
child,
like
an
infant
who
never sees
daylight?
There the wicked cease from troubling;
and there the weary be
at
rest.
There the wicked cease from raging,
and there the weary find
rest.
There
the prisoners
rest
together
; they hear
not the voice of the oppressor.
The captives
enjoy
their
ease
; they do
not hear
the voice of the oppressor.
The
small and great are there ;
and the servant
is free
from his master.
Both
small and great are there ,
and the slave
is freed
from his master.
Wherefore
is light given to him
that
is
in
misery
, and life unto
the bitter in
soul ;
Why
is light given to the
miserable
, and life to
the bitter of
soul ,
Which
long for death ,
but
it
cometh
not ;
and dig
for it more
than
for
hid
treasures;
who
long for death that
does
not come,
and search
for it like
hidden
treasure,
Which
rejoice exceedingly,
and are
glad,
when they can find the grave?
who
rejoice and greatly
exult
when they can find the grave?
Why is light
given to a man whose way is hid
, and
whom God hath
hedged in?
Why is life
given to a man whose way is hidden
, whom God has
hedged in?
For
my
sighing
cometh
before
I eat
, and my roarings
are
poured
out like the
waters
.
I sigh
when
food
is
put
before
me
, and my groans
pour
out like water
.
For the thing which
I greatly
feared is
come
upon
me, and that
which
I was
afraid
of
is
come
unto
me.
For the thing I feared has
overtaken
me, and what
I dreaded
has
befallen
me.
I was
not in
safety,
neither
had
I rest, neither
was
I
quiet;
yet
trouble came
.
I am
not at
ease
or
quiet;
I have
no
rest, for
trouble has
come
. ”
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