Job 3
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Job 3:1-19

1AfterH310 this JobH347 openedH6605 his mouthH6310, and cursedH7043 his dayH3117. 2And JobH347 spokeH6030, and saidH559,1 3Let the dayH3117 perishH6 when I was bornH3205, and the nightH3915 in which it was saidH559, There is a man childH1397 conceivedH2029. 4Let that dayH3117 be darknessH2822; let not GodH433 regardH1875 it from aboveH4605, neither let the lightH5105 shineH3313 upon it. 5Let darknessH2822 and the shadow of deathH6757 stainH1350 it; let a cloudH6053 dwellH7931 upon it; let the blacknessH3650 of the dayH3117 terrifyH1204 it.23 6As for that nightH3915, let darknessH652 seizeH3947 upon it; let it not be joinedH2302 to the daysH3117 of the yearH8141, let it not comeH935 into the numberH4557 of the monthsH3391.4 7Lo, let that nightH3915 be solitaryH1565, let no joyful voiceH7445 comeH935 in it. 8Let them curseH5344 it that curseH779 the dayH3117, who are readyH6264 to raise upH5782 their mourningH3882.5 9Let the starsH3556 of its twilightH5399 be darkH2821; let it lookH6960 for lightH216, but have none; neither let it seeH7200 the dawningH6079 of the dayH7837:6 10Because it shut not upH5462 the doorsH1817 of my mother’s wombH990, nor hidH5641 sorrowH5999 from my eyesH5869.

11Why diedH4191 I not from the wombH7358? why did I not give up the ghostH1478 when I came outH3318 of the wombH990? 12Why did the kneesH1290 receiveH6923 me? or why the breastsH7699 that I should be nursedH3243? 13For now should I have lain stillH7901 and been quietH8252, I should have sleptH3462: then had I been at restH5117, 14With kingsH4428 and counsellorsH3289 of the earthH776, who builtH1129 desolate placesH2723 for themselves; 15Or with princesH8269 that had goldH2091, who filledH4390 their housesH1004 with silverH3701: 16Or as an hiddenH2934 untimely birthH5309 I had not been; as infantsH5768 which never sawH7200 lightH216. 17There the wickedH7563 ceaseH2308 from troublingH7267; and there the wearyH3019H3581 are at restH5117.7 18There the prisonersH615 restH7599 togetherH3162; they hearH8085 not the voiceH6963 of the oppressorH5065. 19The smallH6996 and greatH1419 are there; and the servantH5650 is freeH2670 from his masterH113.

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Notes

  1. 1. Job 3:2 spake: Heb. answered ↩
  2. 2. Job 3:5 stain: or, challenge ↩
  3. 3. Job 3:5 let the...: or, let them terrify it, as those who have a bitter day ↩
  4. 4. Job 3:6 let it not be...: or, let it not rejoice among the days ↩
  5. 5. Job 3:8 their...: or, leviathan ↩
  6. 6. Job 3:9 the dawning...: Heb. the eyelids of the morning ↩
  7. 7. Job 3:17 weary: Heb. wearied in strength ↩

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Revised Webster's Bible — 1833 — Public Domain