Job 3

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

Finally, Job spoke, and he cursed the day that he was born.

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

“I wish that the day when I was born could be eradicated, and also the night when I was 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

I wish that the day when I was born would have been covered in darkness. I wish that God who is in heaven [MTY] would have forgotten about that day, and that the sun would not have shone on it.

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

I wish that thick/intense darkness would have filled that day, and that a black cloud would have come over it and blotted out all light and caused people to be terrified.

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

I wish that the night when I was conceived would be erased from the calendar, with the result that it would never again appear as one night in any month, and that it would not be included in any calendar.

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

I wish that no child would again be conceived on that night of the month [MET], and that no one would again be happy on that night.

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

I want those people who (curse/put evil spells on) days—those who know how to arouse/awaken the great sea monster—to curse that day.

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

I wish that the stars that shone early in the morning on that day [after I was conceived] will not shine again. I want those stars to have wished in vain for light to shine; and that they would not have shone on that day.

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

[That was an evil day] because my mother was able to conceive; instead, I was born, and I have now experienced all these terrible things.

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

“I wish that I had died [RHQ] when I was born— at the time I emerged from my mother’s womb.

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

I wish that my mother had not [RHQ] allowed me to live. I wish that she had not nursed me.

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

If I had died at the time when I was born, I would be asleep, resting peacefully [in the place where the dead people are].

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

I would be resting with kings whose [beautiful palaces] that they built are now in ruins (OR, who rebuilt [palaces] that had previously been destroyed), and I would be resting with their officials [who have also died].

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

I would be resting with princes who were wealthy, whose palaces were filled with gold and silver.

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

I wish that I had been buried like a child who died in its mother’s womb and never lived to see the light.

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

After wicked people die, they do not cause any more troubles; those who are very tired now will rest.

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

Those who were in prison rest peacefully [after they die]; they no longer have slave-drivers who curse them.

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

Rich people and poor people are alike after they die, and those who were slaves are no longer controlled by their masters.

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

(“Why does God allow those who are suffering greatly [like me] to continue to remain alive?/I do not understand why God allows those who are suffering greatly [like me] to continue to remain alive.) [RHQ] Why does he allow those who are very miserable/distressed to keep living [RHQ]?

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

They long/want to die, but they do not die. They desire to die more than people desire to find a hidden treasure.

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

When they finally die and are buried, they are very happy.

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

Those who do not know where they are [eventually] going when they die [RHQ], people whom God has forced [MET] to continue to live in misery, (it is not right that they continue to live./why do they continue to live?) [RHQ]

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

I continually cry very much; as a result, I cannot eat; and I can never stop groaning.

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

Things that I always worried might happen to me, have happened to me; things that I always dreaded have happened to me.

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

Now I have no peace [in my inner being], I have no peace; I cannot rest; instead, I have only troubles.”