Thematic Bible
Job 3:1 (show verse)
JOB OPENED HIS MOUTH and cursed the day of his birth.
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Job 3:2 (show verse)
He said:
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Job 3:3 (show verse)
May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said: 'A boy is born!'
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Job 3:4 (show verse)
Let that day turn to darkness. May God above not care about it. Let no light shine upon it.
Job 3:5 (show verse)
Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it once more. May a cloud settle over it and may blackness overwhelm its light.
Job 3:6 (show verse)
About that night, may thick darkness seize it. May it not be included among the days of the year nor be entered in any of the months.
Job 3:7 (show verse)
Let the night be barren and may no shout of joy be heard in it.
Job 3:8 (show verse)
May those who curse days curse that day, those who are ready to lift up Leviathan (Babylonian symbol of sadness and mourning).
Job 3:9 (show verse)
Let its morning stars become dark and cause it to wait for daylight in vain and not see the first rays of dawn,
Job 3:10 (show verse)
for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me to hide trouble from my eyes.
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Job 3:11 (show verse)
Why did I not perish at birth, and die as I came from the womb?
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Job 3:12 (show verse)
Why were there knees to receive me and breasts that I might be nursed?
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Job 3:13 (show verse)
For now I would be lying down in peace. I would be asleep and at rest.
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Job 3:14 (show verse)
I would be with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves places now lying in ruins.
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Job 3:15 (show verse)
I would be with rulers who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.
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Job 3:16 (show verse)
Why was I not hidden in the ground like a stillborn child, like an infant who never saw the light of day?
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Job 3:17 (show verse)
There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.
Job 3:18 (show verse)
Captives also enjoy their ease; they no longer hear the slave driver's shout.
Job 3:19 (show verse)
The small and the great are there. The slave is freed from his master.
Job 3:20 (show verse)
Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter in heart?
Job 3:21 (show verse)
They long for death that does not come. They search for it more than for hidden treasure.
Job 3:22 (show verse)
They are filled with gladness and rejoice when they reach the grave.
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Job 3:23 (show verse)
Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged (fenced) in?
Job 3:24 (show verse)
Sighing comes to me instead of food. My groans pour out like water.
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Job 3:25 (show verse)
What I feared has come upon me. What I dreaded has happened to me.
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Job 3:26 (show verse)
I have no peace. I have no quietness. I have no rest. I only have turmoil!
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