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.
Translation comparison
Job 3
26 aligned verses; 26 with wording or punctuation differences .
Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
And
this
is
what
he
said
:
Job
answered
:
“May
the day of
my
birth
perish, and
the night it
was
said, ‘A
boy
is conceived. ’
"Let
the day perish in
which
I
was
born
, The night which
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 ;
Don't
let
God from
above seek
for
it ,
Neither
let
the
light shine on
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
claim
it for
their
own.
Let
a cloud dwell
on
it .
Let
all
that
makes
black
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
thick
darkness
seize
on
it .
Let
it
not rejoice
among 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
.
Behold, let
that night be barren .
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 who curse the day ,
Who
are
ready
to rouse up
leviathan.
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
of
it
be
dark .
Let
it look
for light,
but
have
none,
Neither
let
it see the eyelids
of the
morning,
For
that
night
did
not
shut the doors of the
womb to
hide the
sorrow
from my eyes.
Because
it
didn't
shut up
the doors of my
mother's
womb ,
Nor
did
it
hide trouble
from my eyes.
Why
did
I
not
perish
at
birth;
why did
I not
die as
I
came
from the womb?
"
Why didn't
I die from the womb? Why
didn't
I
give
up
the
spirit
when
my
mother
bore
me?
Why were
there
knees to
receive me, and
breasts
that I should be
nursed
?
Why did
the
knees receive me ?
Or
why
the
breast
, 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
down and
been
quiet.
I should
have
slept,
then
I
would have
been
at rest ,
with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities
now
in
ruins,
With kings and counselors of the earth, Who built up
waste
places
for themselves ;
or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver .
Or with princes who 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
a
hidden
untimely
birth
I had
not been
, As
infants
who never saw
light.
There the wicked cease from raging,
and
there the weary find
rest.
There the wicked cease from troubling;
There the weary are
at
rest.
The captives
enjoy
their
ease ;
they do
not
hear the voice of the oppressor
.
There
the prisoners
are
at
ease together.
They don't
hear the voice of the taskmaster
.
Both
small and great are there ,
and
the slave
is freed
from his master.
The
small and the
great are there .
The servant
is free
from his master.
Why is light given to the
miserable
, and
life to the bitter of
soul,
"
Why is light given to him
who
is
in
misery
, Life to the bitter in
soul,
who long for death that
does
not
come
, and
search
for it like
hidden treasure
,
Who long for death, but
it
doesn't
come;
Dig
for it more
than
for
hidden treasures
,
who rejoice and
greatly
exult
when they can find the grave?
Who rejoice exceedingly,
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
, Whom God has hedged in?
I
sigh
when
food
is
put
before me
, and
my groans
pour
out like water.
For
my
sighing
comes
before I
eat
, My groanings
are
poured
out like water.
For the thing I feared
has
overtaken
me, and
what
I dreaded
has
befallen
me.
For the thing which
I fear
comes
on
me, That
which
I am
afraid
of
comes
to
me.
I am not at ease or
quiet;
I have no
rest ,
for
trouble has
come
. ”
I am not at ease ,
neither
am
I quiet,
neither
have I
rest ;
But
trouble comes
. "
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