Job 3
New King James Version
Job Deplores His Birth
3 After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. 2 And Job [a]spoke, and said:
3 “May(A) the day perish on which I was born,
And the night in which it was said,
‘A male child is conceived.’
4 May that day be darkness;
May God above not seek it,
Nor the light shine upon it.
5 May darkness and (B)the shadow of death claim it;
May a cloud settle on it;
May the blackness of the day terrify it.
6 As for that night, may darkness seize it;
May it not [b]rejoice among the days of the year,
May it not come into the number of the months.
7 Oh, may that night be barren!
May no joyful shout come into it!
8 May those curse it who curse the day,
Those (C)who are ready to arouse Leviathan.
9 May the stars of its morning be dark;
May it look for light, but have none,
And not see the [c]dawning of the day;
10 Because it did not shut up the doors of my mother’s womb,
Nor hide sorrow from my eyes.
11 “Why(D) did I not die at birth?
Why did I not [d]perish when I came from the womb?
12 (E)Why did the knees receive me?
Or why the breasts, that I should nurse?
13 For now I would have lain still and been quiet,
I would have been asleep;
Then I would have been at rest
14 With kings and counselors of the earth,
Who (F)built ruins for themselves,
15 Or with princes who had gold,
Who filled their houses with silver;
16 Or why was I not hidden (G)like a stillborn child,
Like infants who never saw light?
17 There the wicked cease from troubling,
And there the [e]weary are at (H)rest.
18 There the prisoners [f]rest together;
(I)They do not hear the voice of the oppressor.
19 The small and great are there,
And the servant is free from his master.
20 “Why(J) is light given to him who is in misery,
And life to the (K)bitter of soul,
21 Who (L)long[g] for death, but it does not come,
And search for it more than (M)hidden treasures;
22 Who rejoice exceedingly,
And are glad when they can find the (N)grave?
23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden,
(O)And whom God has hedged in?
24 For my sighing comes before [h]I eat,
And my groanings pour out like water.
25 For the thing I greatly (P)feared has come upon me,
And what I dreaded has happened to me.
26 I am not at ease, nor am I quiet;
I have no rest, for trouble comes.”
Job 3
King James Version
3 After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
2 And Job spake, and said,
3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
4 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon 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.
6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto 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 therein.
8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
10 Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.
11 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
12 Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts 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,
14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which build desolate places for themselves;
15 Or with princes that 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.
17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
18 There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
22 Which 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?
24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
Jobu 3
Bíbélì Mímọ́ Yorùbá Òde Òn
Jobu ráhùn sí Ọlọ́run
3 Ẹ̀yìn èyí ní Jobu yanu, ó sì fi ọjọ́ ìbí rẹ̀ ré 2 Jobu sọ, ó sì wí pé:
3 (A)“Kí ọjọ́ tí a bí mi kí ó di ìgbàgbé,
àti òru ni, nínú èyí tí a wí pé, ‘A lóyún ọmọkùnrin kan!’
4 Kí ọjọ́ náà kí ó já si òkùnkùn,
kí Ọlọ́run kí ó má ṣe kà á sí láti ọ̀run wá;
bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kí ìmọ́lẹ̀ kí ó má ṣe mọ́ sí i.
5 Kí òkùnkùn àti òjìji ikú fi ṣe ti ara wọn;
kí àwọsánmọ̀ kí ó bà lé e;
kí ìṣúdudu ọjọ́ kí ó pa láyà.
6 Kí òkùnkùn kí ó ṣú bo òru náà biribiri,
kí ó má ṣe yọ pẹ̀lú ọjọ́ ọdún náà:
kí a má ṣe kà a mọ́ iye ọjọ́ oṣù.
7 Kí òru náà kí ó yàgàn;
kí ohun ayọ̀ kan kí ó má ṣe wọ inú rẹ̀ lọ.
8 Kí àwọn tí í fi ọjọ́ gégùn ún kí o fi gégùn ún,
tí wọ́n mura tán láti ru Lefitani sókè.
9 Kí ìràwọ̀ òwúrọ̀ ọjọ́ rẹ̀ kí ó ṣókùnkùn;
kí ó má wá ìmọ́lẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n kí ó máa mọ́ sí i,
bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kí ó má ṣe rí àfẹ̀mọ́júmọ́
10 Nítorí tí kò sé ìlẹ̀kùn inú ìyá mi,
láti pa ìbànújẹ́ rẹ́ ní ojú mi.
11 “Èéṣe tí èmi kò fi kú láti inú wá,
tàbí tí èmi kò kú ní ìgbà tí mo ti inú jáde wá?
12 Èéṣe tí orúnkún wá pàdé mi,
tàbí ọmú tí èmi yóò mu?
13 Ǹjẹ́ nísinsin yìí èmi ìbá ti dùbúlẹ̀ jẹ́ẹ́;
èmi ìbá ti sùn, èmi ìbá ti sinmi
14 pẹ̀lú àwọn ọba àti ìgbìmọ̀ ayé
tí wọ́n mọ ilé fún ara wọn wá dùbúlẹ̀ nínú ìsọdahoro.
15 Tàbí pẹ̀lú àwọn ọmọ-aládé
tí ó ní wúrà, tí wọ́n sì fi fàdákà kun ilé wọn
16 Tàbí bí ọlẹ̀ tí a sin, èmi kì bá ti sí:
bí ọmọ ìṣunú tí kò rí ìmọ́lẹ̀?
17 Níbẹ̀ ni ẹni búburú ṣíwọ́ ìyọnilẹ́nu,
níbẹ̀ ni ẹni àárẹ̀ wà nínú ìsinmi.
18 Níbẹ̀ ni àwọn ìgbèkùn sinmi pọ̀,
wọn kò gbóhùn amúnisìn mọ́.
19 Àti èwe àti àgbà wà níbẹ̀,
ẹrú sì di òmìnira kúrò lọ́wọ́ olówó rẹ̀.
Jobu kígbe nínú ìrora rẹ̀
20 “Nítorí kí ni a ṣe fi ìmọ́lẹ̀ fún òtòṣì,
àti ìyè fún ọlọ́kàn kíkorò,
21 tí wọ́n dúró de ikú, ṣùgbọ́n òun kò wá,
tí wọ́n wá a jù ìṣúra tí a bò mọ́lẹ̀ pamọ́ lọ.
22 Ẹni tí ó yọ̀ gidigidi,
tí inú wọ́n sì dùn nígbà tí wọ́n wá ibojì òkú rí?
23 Kí ni a fi ìmọ́lẹ̀ fún ẹni
tí ọ̀nà rẹ̀ fi ara pamọ́ fún,
tí Ọlọ́run sì ṣọgbà dí mọ́ ká?
24 Nítorí pé èémí-ẹ̀dùn wà ṣáájú oúnjẹ mi;
ìkérora mi sì tú jáde bí omi.
25 Nítorí pé ohun náà tí mo bẹ̀rù gidigidi ni ó dé bá mi yìí,
àti ohun tí mo fòyà rẹ̀ bá mi ó sì ṣubú lù mí.
26 Èmi wà láìní àlàáfíà, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni èmi kò ní ìsinmi;
bẹ́ẹ̀ ni èmi kò ni ìfàyàbalẹ̀, bí kò ṣe ìdààmú.”
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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