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Job 3
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901
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World English Bible · 2000
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Darby Bible · 1890
1After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
1After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
1After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed his day.
3Let the day perish wherein I was born, And the night which said, There is a man-child conceived.
3Let the day perish wherein I was born, And the night which said, There is a man-child conceived.
3Let the day perish in which I was born, and the night that said, There is a man child conceived.
4Let that day be darkness; Let not God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine upon it.
4Let that day be darkness; Let not God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine upon it.
4That day — let it be darkness, let notGod care for it from above, neither let light shine upon it:
5Let 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.
5Let 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.
5Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it; let clouds dwell upon it; let darkeners of the day terrify it.
6As 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.
6As 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.
6That night — let gloom seize upon it; let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.
7Lo, let that night be barren; Let no joyful voice come therein.
7Lo, let that night be barren; Let no joyful voice come therein.
7Behold, let that night be barren; let no joyful sound come therein;
8Let them curse it that curse the day, Who are ready to rouse up leviathan.
8Let them curse it that curse the day, Who are ready to rouse up leviathan.
8Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to rouse Leviathan;
9Let 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:
9Let 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:
9Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it wait for light, and have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the dawn:
10Because it shut not up the doors of mymother’swomb, Nor hid trouble from mine eyes.
10Because it shut not up the doors of mymother’swomb, Nor hid trouble from mine eyes.
10Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, and hid not trouble from mine eyes.
11Why died I not from the womb? Why did I not give up the ghost when my mother bare me?
11Why died I not from the womb? Why did I not give up the ghost when my mother bare me?
11Wherefore did I not die from the womb, — come forth from the belly and expire?
12Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breasts, that I should suck?
12Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breasts, that I should suck?
12Why did the knees meet me? and wherefore the breasts, that I should suck?
13For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then had I been at rest,
13For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then had I been at rest,
13For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
14With kings and counsellors of the earth, Who built up waste places for themselves;
14With kings and counsellors of the earth, Who built up waste places for themselves;
14With kings and counsellors of the earth, who build desolate places for themselves,
15Or with princes that had gold, Who filled their houses with silver:
15Or with princes that had gold, Who filled their houses with silver:
15Or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver;
16Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light.
16Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light.
16Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants that have not seen the light.
17There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest.
17There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest.
17There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the wearied are at rest.
18There the prisoners are at ease together; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
18There the prisoners are at ease together; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
18The prisoners together are at ease; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
19The small and the great are there: And the servant is free from his master.
19The small and the great are there: And the servant is free from his master.
19The small and great are there, and the bondman freed from his master.
20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul;
20Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul;
20Wherefore is light given to him that is in trouble, and life to those bitter of soul,
21Who long for death, but it cometh not, And dig for it more than for hid treasures;
21Who long for death, but it cometh not, And dig for it more than for hid treasures;
21Who long for death, and it [cometh] not, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;
22Who rejoice exceedingly, And are glad, when they can find the grave?
22Who rejoice exceedingly, And are glad, when they can find the grave?
22Who rejoice even exultingly and are glad when they find the grave? —
23Why is light givento a man whose way is hid, And whom God hath hedged in?
23Why is light givento a man whose way is hid, And whom God hath hedged in?
23To the man whose way is hidden, and whomGod hath hedged in?
24For my sighing cometh before I eat, And my groanings are poured out like water.
24For my sighing cometh before I eat, And my groanings are poured out like water.
24For my sighing cometh before my bread, and my groanings are poured out like the waters.