Verse
WEB
World English Bible
KJV
King James Version
After this Job
opened his mouth, and cursed the
day
of
his birth
.
After this opened Job
his mouth, and cursed his day
.
Job answered:
And
Job spake,
and
said,
"
Let the day perish in
which
I was born, The night which said, '
There is a man -
child conceived. '
Let the day perish wherein
I was born, and
the night in
which it
was
said, There is a man child conceived.
Let that day be darkness; Don't
let God from above seek
for
it
, Neither let the light shine on
it.
Let that day be darkness; let not
God regard
it
from above, neither let the light shine upon
it.
Let darkness and the shadow of death claim
it for
their
own.
Let a cloud dwell on
it .
Let all
that
makes
black
the day terrify it.
Let darkness and the shadow of death stain
it ;
let a cloud dwell upon
it ;
let the blackness
of
the
day terrify it.
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.
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.
Behold
, let that night be barren.
Let no joyful voice come therein.
Lo
, let that night be solitary,
let no joyful voice come therein.
Let them curse it who
curse the day, Who are ready to rouse
up leviathan
.
Let them curse it that
curse the day, who are ready to raise
up their
mourning
.
Let the stars of the twilight of
it
be dark .
Let it look for light, but have none ,
Neither let it see the eyelids
of the morning,
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:
Because it didn't
shut up the doors of my mother's womb, Nor did
it
hide
trouble
from my
eyes.
Because it shut not
up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid
sorrow
from mine
eyes.
"
Why didn't
I die
from the womb? Why didn't
I give up the spirit
when my
mother
bore
me
?
Why died
I not
from the womb? why did
I not
give up the ghost
when I
came
out
of
the
belly
?
Why did the knees receive
me? Or why the breast,
that I should suck?
Why did the knees prevent
me? or why the breasts
that I should suck?
For now should I have lain down
and been quiet .
I should have slept ,
then I would
have
been at rest,
For now should I have lain still
and been quiet ,
I should have slept :
then had
I been at rest,
With kings and counselors
of the earth, Who
built
up
waste
places for themselves;
With kings and counsellors
of the earth, which
build
desolate
places for themselves;
Or with princes who
had gold, Who filled their houses with silver:
Or with princes that
had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
Or as a
hidden untimely birth I had not been ,
As infants who
never saw light.
Or as an
hidden untimely birth I had not been ;
as infants which
never saw light.
There the wicked cease from troubling; There the weary are
at rest.
There the wicked cease from troubling; and
there the weary be
at rest.
There the prisoners are
at
ease
together .
They don't
hear the voice of the taskmaster
.
There the prisoners rest
together ;
they hear not
the voice of the oppressor
.
The small and the
great are there .
The servant is free from his master.
The small and great are there ;
and
the servant is free from his master.
"Why
is light given to him who
is in misery, Life to
the bitter in soul ,
Wherefore
is light given to him that
is in misery, and
life unto
the bitter in soul ;
Who
long for death, but it doesn't
come
; Dig for it more than for hidden
treasures ,
Which
long for death, but it cometh
not
; and
dig for it more than for hid
treasures ;
Who
rejoice exceedingly, Are glad, when they can find the grave?
Which
rejoice exceedingly, and
are glad, when they can find the grave?
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, Whom God has
hedged in?
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and
whom God hath
hedged in?
For my sighing comes
before I eat, My groanings
are poured out like water
.
For my sighing cometh
before I eat, and
my roarings
are poured out like the
waters
.
For the thing which I fear
comes
on
me, That which I am
afraid of comes
to
me.
For the thing which I greatly
feared
is
come
upon
me, and
that which I was
afraid of is
come
unto
me.
I am
not at
ease
, neither am
I quiet
, neither have
I rest
; But
trouble comes
. "
I was
not in
safety
, neither had
I rest
, neither was
I quiet
; yet
trouble came
.
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