New American Standard Bible 1995

Job 3:1-6

1Afterwardאַחֲרֵי־ כֵ֗ן'a.cha.rei- KhenH310 H3651Jobאִיּוֹב֙'i.yOvH347openedפָּתַ֤חpa.TachH6605his mouthפִּ֔יהוּPi.huH6310and cursedוַיְקַלֵּ֖לvay.ka.LelH7043the dayיוֹמֽוֹ׃ פyo.MoH3117of his birth.

2And Jobאִיּ֗וֹב'i.YovH347saidוַיַּ֥עַן וַיֹּאמַֽר׃vai.Ya.'an vai.yo.MarH6030 H559,

3“Let the dayי֭וֹםYomH3117perishיֹ֣אבַדYoadH6on which I was to be bornאִוָּ֣לֶד'i.Va.ledH3205,And the nightוְהַלַּ֥יְלָהve.ha.Lay.lahH3915whichsaidאָ֝מַ֗ר'a.MarH559, ‘Aboyגָֽבֶר׃Ga.verH1397is conceivedהֹ֣רָהHo.rahH2029.’

4May that dayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117be darknessחֹ֥שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822;Let not Godאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433aboveמִמָּ֑עַלmi.Ma.'alH4605careיִדְרְשֵׁ֣הוּyid.re.She.huH1875for it,NorH408lightנְהָרָֽה׃ne.ha.RahH5105shineתּוֹפַ֖עto.Fa'H3313on it.

5Letdarknessחֹ֣שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822and blackH6757gloomH6757claimיִגְאָלֻ֡הוּyig.'a.Lu.huH1350it;Let a cloudעֲנָנָ֑ה'a.na.NahH6053settleתִּשְׁכָּן־tish.kon-H7931on it;Let the blacknessכִּֽמְרִ֥ירֵיkim.Ri.reiH3650of the dayיֽוֹם׃YomH3117terrifyיְ֝בַעֲתֻ֗הוּye.va.'a.Tu.huH1204it.

6As forthat nightהַלַּ֥יְלָהha.Lay.lahH3915,let darknessאֹ֥פֶל'O.felH652seizeיִקָּחֵ֪ה֫וּyi.ka.Che.HuH3947it;Let it not rejoiceיִ֭חַדְּYi.chadH2302among the daysבִּימֵ֣יbi.MeiH3117of the yearשָׁנָ֑הsha.NahH8141;Let it not comeיָבֹֽא׃ya.Vo'H935into the numberבְּמִסְפַּ֥רbe.mis.ParH4557of the monthsיְ֝רָחִ֗יםye.ra.ChimH3391.

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