Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
After this ,
Job opened his mouth and cursed
the
day
of
his birth
.
After this hath
Job opened his mouth ,
and revileth
his day
.
And this
is
what
he
said
:
And Job
answereth
and
saith
: --
“May
the day of
my
birth
perish, and the night it
was
said ,
‘
A boy
is
conceived. ’
Let
the day perish in
which
I
am
born
, And the night that
hath
said :
`
A man-child
hath
been
conceived. '
If
only
that day had
turned
to
darkness !
May
God above
disregard
it ;
may
no
light shine upon it.
That day --
let
it
be
darkness ,
Let
not
God require
it from
above,
Nor
let
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 death-shade
redeem
it, Let
a cloud tabernacle
upon
it ,
Let
them
terrify
it
as
the most
bitter
of days
.
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.
That night --
let
thick
darkness
take
it ,
Let
it
not be
united
to
days of the year ,
Into
the number
of
months let
it
not
come
.
Behold,
may
that night be barren;
may
no joyful
voice
come into it.
Lo!
that night --
let
it
be gloomy,
Let
no singing
come into it.
May
it
be
cursed
by
those
who
curse
the day —
those
prepared
to rouse
Leviathan.
Let
the cursers
of
day mark
it,
Who
are
ready
to wake
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
its
twilight
be
dark ,
Let
it wait for light,
and
there
is
none,
And
let
it not look
on
the eyelids
of the
dawn.
For
that
night
did
not shut the doors of the womb to
hide the
sorrow
from my
eyes.
Because
it
hath
not shut the doors Of the womb that
was
mine!
And
hide misery
from mine
eyes.
Why did
I
not
perish
at
birth;
why
did
I not die as
I
came
from the womb?
Why from
the
womb
do
I not die ?
From the belly
I
have
come
forth
and
gasp!
Why
were
there
knees to
receive
me ,
and breasts that I should
be
nursed
?
Wherefore
have
knees been
before
me ?
And what
`are'
breasts ,
that I suck
?
For now I would
be
lying
down in
peace;
I
would
be
asleep
and at
rest
For now ,
I have
lain
down ,
and am
quiet,
I
have
slept
--
then
there
is
rest to
me,
with kings and counselors
of the
earth, who
built
for themselves cities
now
in
ruins,
With kings and counsellors
of earth, These
building
wastes
for themselves .
or with princes who
had
gold, who
filled
their houses with silver.
Or with princes --
they
have
gold, They
are
filling
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
abortion
I am
not, As
infants
--
they
have
not
seen
light.)
There the wicked cease
from
raging
, and there the
weary
find
rest.
There the wicked have
ceased
troubling
, And there rest do
the
wearied
in
power
.
The
captives
enjoy
their
ease ;
they do
not hear
the voice of the
oppressor.
Together
prisoners
have
been
at
ease ,
They have
not heard
the voice of an
exactor,
Both
small and great are there ,
and
the slave
is freed
from his master
.
Small and great `
are '
there the same.
And
a
servant
`
is '
free
from his lord
.
Why is
light
given
to the miserable, and life to the bitter of
soul ,
Why giveth
He
to the miserable light
, and life to the bitter soul ?
who long
for death that
does
not
come
, and search
for
it like
hidden
treasure
,
Who are
waiting
for death, and it is
not
, And
they
seek
it
above
hid
treasures.
who rejoice and
greatly
exult
when they can
find the
grave ?
Who are
glad
--
unto
joy,
They
rejoice when they find a
grave .
Why
is
life
given
to a man whose way is
hidden, whom God has
hedged
in
?
To a man whose way hath
been
hidden, And
whom God doth
shut
up
?
I
sigh
when
food
is
put
before me
, and
my groans
pour
out like
water
.
For
before my
food
, my sighing
cometh,
And
poured
out as
waters
`are'
my
roarings
.
For the
thing
I feared has
overtaken
me, and what I dreaded
has
befallen
me.
For a
fear
I feared and
it
meeteth
me, And what I was
afraid
of
doth
come
to
me.
I am
not at
ease
or
quiet ;
I have
no
rest ,
for
trouble has
come.”
I was
not safe
--
nor
was
I
quiet --
Nor
was
I at
rest --
and
trouble cometh!
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