Job 3

1 after so to open Job [obj] lip his and to lighten [obj] day his

After this Job began speaking, cursing the day of his birth.

2 and to answer Job and to say

He said,

3 to perish day to beget in/on/with him and [the] night to say to conceive great man

“Wipe out the day I was born, and the night when it was announced that a boy had been conceived.

4 [the] day [the] he/she/it to be darkness not to seek him god from above and not to shine upon him light

Turn that day to darkness. God above should not remember it. Don't let light shine on it.

5 to redeem: redeem him darkness and shadow to dwell upon him cloud to terrify him darkness day

Take it back, darkness and death-shadow. A black cloud should overshadow it. It should be as terrifying as the darkness of an eclipse during the day.

6 [the] night [the] he/she/it to take: take him darkness not to rejoice in/on/with day year in/on/with number month not to come (in): come

Blot out that night as if it never existed. Don't count it on the calendar. Don't let it have a day in any month.

7 behold [the] night [the] he/she/it to be solitary not to come (in): come triumphing in/on/with him

Let that night be childless, with no sounds of happiness heard.

8 to curse him to curse day [the] ready to rouse Leviathan

Those who place curses on certain days should curse it, those who have the power to raise Leviathan.

9 to darken star twilight his to await to/for light and nothing and not to see: see in/on/with eyelid dawn

Its early morning stars should stay dark. Looking for light, may none come, may it not see the glimmer of dawn

10 for not to shut door belly: womb my and to hide trouble from eye my

for it did not shut my mother's womb to prevent me from seeing trouble.

11 to/for what? not from womb to die from belly: womb to come out: produce and to die

Why wasn't I stillborn? Why didn't I die at birth?

12 why? to meet me knee and what? breast for to suckle

Why was there a lap for me to lie on, or breasts for me to suck?

13 for now to lie down: lay down and to quiet to sleep then to rest to/for me

For now I would be lying down in peace. I would be sleeping and at rest,

14 with king and to advise land: country/planet [the] to build desolation to/for them

along with the kings of this world and their officials whose palaces now lie in ruins,

15 or with ruler gold to/for them [the] to fill house: home their silver: money

or with noblemen who collected gold and filled their houses with silver.

16 or like/as miscarriage to hide not to be like/as infant not to see: see light

Why wasn't I a miscarriage, buried in secret, a baby who never saw the light?

17 there wicked to cease turmoil and there to rest weary strength

There in the grave the wicked give no more trouble, and those whose strength is gone have their rest.

18 unitedness prisoner to rest not to hear: hear voice to oppress

There prisoners take it easy—they don't hear the commands of their oppressors.

19 small and great: large there he/she/it and servant/slave free from lord his

Both small and great are there, and slaves are freed from their masters.

20 to/for what? to give: give to/for labour(er) light and life to/for bitter soul

Why does God give life to those who are suffering, living bitterly miserable lives,

21 [the] to wait to/for death and nothing he and to search him from treasure

those who are waiting for death that does not come and who are looking for death more desperately than hunting for treasure?

22 [the] glad to(wards) rejoicing to rejoice for to find grave

They're so incredibly happy when the reach the grave!

23 to/for great man which way: journey his to hide and to fence god about/through/for him

Why is light given to someone who doesn't know where they're going, someone God has fenced in?

24 for to/for face: before food: bread my sighing my to come (in): come and to pour like/as water roaring my

My groans are the bread I eat; my raging tears are the water I drink.

25 for dread to dread and to come me and which to fear to come (in): come to/for me

For all that I feared has happened to me; everything that I dreaded has come upon me.

26 not to prosper and not to quiet and not to rest and to come (in): come turmoil

I have no peace, no quiet, no rest. All that comes is rage.”