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