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Job 3

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¹ 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.” ⓖ

⁴ If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above not care about it, or light shine on it.

⁵ May darkness and gloom ⓗ reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it. May what darkens the day terrify it.

⁶ If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear [1] among the days of the year or be listed in the calendar. [2]

⁷ Yes, may that night be barren; may no joyful shout ⓘ be heard in it.

⁸ Let those who curse days condemn ⓙ it, those who are ready to rouse Leviathan. ⓚ

⁹ May its morning stars grow dark. May it wait for daylight but have none; may it not see the breaking [3] of dawn.

¹⁰ For that night did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb, and hide sorrow from my eyes.

¹¹ Why was I not stillborn; why didn’t I die as I came from the womb? ⓛ

¹² Why did the knees receive me, and why were there breasts for me to nurse? ⓜ

¹³ Now I would certainly be lying down in peace; I would be asleep. ⓝ Then I would be at rest ⓐ

¹⁴ with the kings and counselors ⓑ of the earth, who rebuilt ruined cities for themselves,

¹⁵ or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses ⓒ with silver.

¹⁶ Or why was I not hidden like a miscarried child, ⓓ like infants who never see daylight?

¹⁷ There the wicked ⓔ cease to make trouble, and there the weary find rest.

¹⁸ The captives are completely at rest; ⓕ they do not hear a taskmaster’s voice. ⓖ

¹⁹ Both small and great are there, and the slave is set free from his master. ⓗ

²⁰ Why is light given to one burdened with grief, and life to those whose existence is bitter, ⓘ

²¹ who wait for death, ⓙ but it does not come, and search for it more than for hidden treasure,

²² who are filled with much joy and are glad when they reach the grave? ⓚ

²³ Why is life given to a man whose path is hidden, ⓛ whom God has hedged in?

²⁴ I sigh when food ⓜ is put before me, [4] and my groans pour out like water. ⓝ

²⁵ For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has happened to me. ⓐ

²⁶ I cannot relax or be calm; I have no rest, ⓑ for turmoil has come.

#	CSB
1	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.” ⓖ
4	If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above not care about it, or light shine on it.
5	May darkness and gloom ⓗ reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it. May what darkens the day terrify it.
6	If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear [1] among the days of the year or be listed in the calendar. [2]
7	Yes, may that night be barren; may no joyful shout ⓘ be heard in it.
8	Let those who curse days condemn ⓙ it, those who are ready to rouse Leviathan. ⓚ
9	May its morning stars grow dark. May it wait for daylight but have none; may it not see the breaking [3] of dawn.
10	For that night did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb, and hide sorrow from my eyes.
11	Why was I not stillborn; why didn’t I die as I came from the womb? ⓛ
12	Why did the knees receive me, and why were there breasts for me to nurse? ⓜ
13	Now I would certainly be lying down in peace; I would be asleep. ⓝ Then I would be at rest ⓐ
14	with the kings and counselors ⓑ of the earth, who rebuilt ruined cities for themselves,
15	or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses ⓒ with silver.
16	Or why was I not hidden like a miscarried child, ⓓ like infants who never see daylight?
17	There the wicked ⓔ cease to make trouble, and there the weary find rest.
18	The captives are completely at rest; ⓕ they do not hear a taskmaster’s voice. ⓖ
19	Both small and great are there, and the slave is set free from his master. ⓗ
20	Why is light given to one burdened with grief, and life to those whose existence is bitter, ⓘ
21	who wait for death, ⓙ but it does not come, and search for it more than for hidden treasure,
22	who are filled with much joy and are glad when they reach the grave? ⓚ
23	Why is life given to a man whose path is hidden, ⓛ whom God has hedged in?
24	I sigh when food ⓜ is put before me, [4] and my groans pour out like water. ⓝ
25	For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has happened to me. ⓐ
26	I cannot relax or be calm; I have no rest, ⓑ for turmoil has come.

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