Thematic Bible

Job 3:1

After this, Job began to speak and cursed the day he was born.
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Job 3:2

He said:
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Job 3:3

May the day I was born perish,
and the night when they said,
“A boy is conceived.”
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Job 3:4

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

Job 3:5

May darkness and gloom reclaim it,
and a cloud settle over it.
May an eclipse of the sun terrify it.

Job 3:6

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

Job 3:7

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

Job 3:8

Let those who curse certain days
cast a spell on it,
those who are skilled in rousing Leviathan.

Job 3:9

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

Job 3:10

For that night did not shut
the doors of my mother’s womb,
and hide sorrow from my eyes.
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Job 3:11

Why was I not stillborn;
why didn’t I die as I came from the womb?
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Job 3:12

Why did the knees receive me,
and why were there breasts for me to nurse?
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Job 3:13

Now I would certainly be lying down in peace;
I would be asleep.
Then I would be at rest
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Job 3:14

with the kings and counselors of the earth,
who rebuilt ruined cities for themselves,
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Job 3:15

or with princes who had gold,
who filled their houses with silver.
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Job 3:16

Or why was I not hidden like a miscarried child,
like infants who never see daylight?
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Job 3:17

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

Job 3:18

The captives are completely at ease;
they do not hear the voice of their oppressor.

Job 3:19

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

Job 3:20

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

Job 3:21

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

Job 3:22

who are filled with much joy
and are glad when they reach the grave?
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Job 3:23

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

Job 3:24

I sigh when food is put before me,
and my groans pour out like water.
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Job 3:25

For the thing I feared has overtaken me,
and what I dreaded has happened to me.
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Job 3:26

I cannot relax or be still;
I have no rest, for trouble comes.
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