Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
After this hath
Job opened his mouth ,
and revileth
his
day.
After this ,
Job opened his mouth and cursed
the
day of
his
birth
.
And Job
answereth
and
saith
: --
And this
is
what
he
said
:
Let
the day perish in
which
I
am
born
, And the night that
hath
said :
`
A man-child
hath
been
conceived. '
“May
the day of
my
birth
perish, and the night it
was
said ,
‘
A boy
is
conceived. ’
That day --
let
it
be
darkness ,
Let
not
God require
it
from
above ,
Nor
let
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 death-shade
redeem
it, Let
a cloud tabernacle
upon
it,
Let
them
terrify
it as
the most
bitter
of days
.
May
darkness and gloom
reclaim
it, and
a cloud settle
over
it ;
may
the blackness
of the
day
overwhelm
it
.
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
.
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!
that night --
let
it
be gloomy,
Let
no singing
come into it.
Behold,
may
that night be barren;
may
no joyful
voice
come into it.
Let
the
cursers
of
day
mark
it ,
Who are
ready
to wake
up
Leviathan.
May
it be
cursed
by
those
who curse
the
day
—
those
prepared
to rouse
Leviathan.
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.
May
its morning
stars
grow
dark ;
may
it wait in
vain
for daylight;
may
it not see
the breaking
of dawn.
Because
it
hath
not shut the doors Of the womb that
was
mine!
And
hide misery
from mine
eyes.
For
that
night
did
not shut the doors of the womb to
hide the
sorrow
from my
eyes.
Why from
the
womb
do
I not die ?
From the belly
I
have
come
forth
and
gasp!
Why did
I not perish
at
birth;
why
did
I
not
die as
I
came
from the womb?
Wherefore
have
knees been
before
me ?
And what
`are'
breasts ,
that I suck
?
Why
were
there
knees to
receive
me ,
and breasts that I should
be
nursed
?
For now ,
I have
lain
down ,
and
am
quiet,
I have
slept
--
then
there
is
rest to
me,
For now I would
be
lying
down in
peace;
I would
be
asleep
and
at
rest
With kings and counsellors
of earth, These
building
wastes
for themselves .
with kings and counselors
of the
earth, who
built
for themselves cities
now
in
ruins,
Or with princes --
they
have
gold, They
are
filling
their houses `
with '
silver.
or with princes who
had
gold, who
filled
their houses with silver.
(
Or as
a
hidden
abortion
I am
not, As
infants
--
they
have
not
seen
light.)
Or why
was
I not hidden
like
a
stillborn
child
, like
an
infant
who
never
sees
daylight?
There the wicked have
ceased
troubling
, And there rest
do
the wearied
in
power
.
There the wicked cease
from
raging
, and there the weary
find
rest
.
Together
prisoners
have
been
at
ease ,
They have
not heard
the voice of an
exactor,
The
captives
enjoy
their
ease ;
they do
not hear
the voice of the
oppressor.
Small and great `
are '
there the
same.
And a
servant
`
is '
free
from his lord
.
Both
small and great are there ,
and the
slave
is freed
from his master
.
Why giveth
He
to the miserable light
, and life to the bitter soul ?
Why is
light
given
to the miserable, and life to the bitter of
soul ,
Who are
waiting
for death ,
and
it
is
not, And they
seek
it above
hid
treasures.
who long
for death that
does
not come
, and search
for
it like
hidden
treasure,
Who are
glad
--
unto
joy,
They
rejoice when they find a
grave .
who rejoice and
greatly
exult
when they can
find the
grave ?
To a man whose way hath
been
hidden, And
whom God doth
shut
up
?
Why
is
life
given
to a man whose way is
hidden, whom God has
hedged
in
?
For
before
my
food ,
my
sighing
cometh
, And poured
out
as
waters
`are'
my roarings
.
I
sigh
when
food is
put
before
me
, and my groans
pour
out
like
water
.
For a
fear
I feared and
it
meeteth
me, And what I was
afraid
of
doth
come
to
me.
For the
thing
I feared has
overtaken
me, and what I dreaded
has
befallen
me.
I was
not safe
--
nor
was
I
quiet --
Nor
was
I at
rest --
and
trouble cometh!
I am
not at
ease
or
quiet ;
I have
no
rest ,
for
trouble has
come.”
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