Job 3

1 After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day.

After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day.

2 And Job spoke, and said,

Job answered:

3 Let the day perish when I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.

"Let the day perish in which I was born, the night which said, 'A man is conceived.'

4 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

Let that day be darkness. May God above not care about it, neither let the light shine on it.

5 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 on it. Let the blackness of the day terrify it.

6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined to the days of the year, let it not come into the number 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.

7 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come in it.

Look, let that night be barren. Let no joyful voice come in it.

8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.

Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.

9 Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

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,

10 Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hid sorrow from my eyes.

because it did not shut up the doors of my mother's womb, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.

11 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the womb?

"Why did I not die from the womb? Why did I not give up the spirit when my mother bore me?

12 Why did the knees receive me? or why the breasts that I should be nursed?

Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breast, that I should suck?

13 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 I would have been at rest,

14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, who built desolate places for themselves;

with kings and counselors of the earth, who built up waste places for themselves;

15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:

or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver:

16 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 who never saw light.

17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary are at rest.

There the wicked cease from troubling. There the weary are at rest.

18 There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.

There the prisoners are at ease together. They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.

19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.

The small and the great are there. The servant is free from his master.

20 Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul;

"Why is light given to him who is in misery, life to the bitter in soul,

21 Who long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;

Who long for death, but it doesn't come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,

22 Who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?

who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?

23 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, whom God has hedged in?

24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.

For my sighing comes before I eat. My groanings are poured out like water.

25 For the thing which I greatly feared hath come upon me, and that which I feared hath come to me.

For the thing which I fear comes on me, That which I am afraid of comes to me.

26 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 comes."