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The Arguments Between Job and His Friends

Round One: Job’s First Speech

Finally, Job opened his lips and cursed the day of his birth. Job spoke up and said:

May the day of my birth perish,
and the night when it was said, “A child has been conceived!”

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Job Speaks

After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.(A) He said:

“May the day of my birth perish,
    and the night that said, ‘A boy is conceived!’(B)

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Job Deplores His Birth

After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. And Job [a]spoke, and said:

“May(A) the day perish on which I was born,
And the night in which it was said,
‘A male child is conceived.’

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Footnotes

  1. Job 3:2 Lit. answered