After this, Job began to speak and cursed the day he was born.

May the day I was born perish,
and the night when they said,
“A boy is conceived.”

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

But mankind is born for trouble
as surely as sparks fly upward.

since we were born only yesterday and know nothing.
Our days on earth are but a shadow.

But a stupid man will gain understanding
as soon as a wild donkey is born a man!

Man born of woman
is short of days and full of trouble.

Were you the first person ever born,
or were you brought forth before the hills?

What is man, that he should be pure,
or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

For the company of the godless will have no children,
and fire will consume the tents of those who offer bribes.

They prey on the childless woman who is unable to conceive,
and do not deal kindly with the widow.

How can a person be justified before God?
How can one born of woman be pure?

My skin blackens and flakes off,
and my bones burn with fever.

for from my youth, I raised him as his father,
and since the day I was born I guided the widow—

Don’t you know? You were already born;
you have lived so long!