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Job 3:1-3
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
Job 3:1-3
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
Job’s Opening Speech
3 After this, Job began to speak and cursed the day he was born. 2 He said:
3 May the day I was born perish,
and the night that said,
‘A boy is conceived.’(A)
Job 3:1-3
English Standard Version
Job 3:1-3
English Standard Version
Job Laments His Birth
3 After this Job (A)opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. 2 And Job said:
3 (B)“Let the day perish on which I was born,
and the night that said,
‘A man is conceived.’
Job 3:1-3
New International Version
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)
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