Job 3:1-3
Revised Standard Version
Job Curses the Day He Was Born
3 After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. 2 And Job said:
3 “Let the day perish wherein I was born,
and the night which said,
‘A man-child is conceived.’
Job 3:1-3
New International Version
Job Speaks
3 After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.(A) 2 He said:
3 “May the day of my birth perish,
and the night that said, ‘A boy is conceived!’(B)
Job 3:11-23
Revised Standard Version
11 “Why did I not die at birth,
come forth from the womb and expire?
12 Why did the knees receive me?
Or why the breasts, that I should suck?
13 For then I should have lain down and been quiet;
I should have slept; then I should have been at rest,
14 with kings and counselors of the earth
who rebuilt ruins for themselves,
15 or with princes who had gold,
who filled their houses with silver.
16 Or why was I not as a hidden untimely birth,
as infants that never see the light?
17 There the wicked cease from troubling,
and there the weary are at rest.
18 There the prisoners are at ease together;
they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
19 The small and the great are there,
and the slave is free from his master.
20 “Why is light given to him that is in misery,
and life to the bitter in soul,
21 who long for death, but it comes not,
and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
22 who rejoice exceedingly,
and are glad, when they find the grave?
23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid,
whom God has hedged in?
Job 3:11-23
New International Version
11 “Why did I not perish at birth,
and die as I came from the womb?(A)
12 Why were there knees to receive me(B)
and breasts that I might be nursed?
13 For now I would be lying down(C) in peace;
I would be asleep and at rest(D)
14 with kings and rulers of the earth,(E)
who built for themselves places now lying in ruins,(F)
15 with princes(G) who had gold,
who filled their houses with silver.(H)
16 Or why was I not hidden away in the ground like a stillborn child,(I)
like an infant who never saw the light of day?(J)
17 There the wicked cease from turmoil,(K)
and there the weary are at rest.(L)
18 Captives(M) also enjoy their ease;
they no longer hear the slave driver’s(N) shout.(O)
19 The small and the great are there,(P)
and the slaves are freed from their owners.
20 “Why is light given to those in misery,
and life to the bitter of soul,(Q)
21 to those who long for death that does not come,(R)
who search for it more than for hidden treasure,(S)
22 who are filled with gladness
and rejoice when they reach the grave?(T)
23 Why is life given to a man
whose way is hidden,(U)
whom God has hedged in?(V)
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