1After 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.After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.2And this is what he said:Job answered:And Job spake, and said,And Job answered and said:3“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 boy conceived.’Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.Let the day perish wherein I was born, And the night which said, There is a man-child conceived.4If 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.Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.Let that day be darkness; Let not God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine upon it.5May 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 the day black terrify it.Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own; Let a cloud dwell upon it; Let all that maketh black the day terrify it.6If 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.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.As for that night, let thick darkness seize upon it: Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not come into the number of the months.7Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.Behold, let that night be barren. Let no joyful voice come therein.Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.Lo, let that night be barren; Let no joyful voice come therein.8May 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.Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.Let them curse it that curse the day, Who are ready to rouse up leviathan.9May 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 look for light, but have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the morning,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:Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark: Let it look for light, but have none; Neither let it behold the eyelids of the morning:10For 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.Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, Nor hid trouble from mine eyes.11Why 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 died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?Why died I not from the womb? Why did I not give up the ghost when my mother bare me?12Why 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 nurse?Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breasts, that I should suck?13For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at restFor now I should have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept, then I would have been at rest,For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then had I been at rest,14with 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;With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;With kings and counsellors of the earth, Who built up waste places for themselves;15or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.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 with princes that had gold, Who filled their houses with silver:16Or 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.Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light.17There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.There the wicked cease from troubling. There the weary are at rest.There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest.18The 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.There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.There the prisoners are at ease together; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.19Both 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.The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.The small and the great are there: And the servant is free from his master.20Why 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,Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul;21who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,who long for death, but it doesn’t come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;Who long for death, but it cometh not, And dig for it more than for hid treasures;22who rejoice and greatly exult when they reach the grave?who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?Who rejoice exceedingly, And are glad, when they can find the grave?23Why 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 hidden, whom God has hedged in?Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, And whom God hath hedged in?24I 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 my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.For my sighing cometh before I eat, And my groanings are poured out like water.25For 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.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 which I fear cometh upon me, And that which I am afraid of cometh unto me.26I am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come.”I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither do I have rest; but trouble comes.”I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest; But trouble cometh.
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