Job 3
New International Version - Job 3 << | >> 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142 3:1 After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. 3:2 He said: 3:3 'May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, 'A boy is born!' 3:4 That day-may it turn to darkness; may God above not care about it; may no light shine upon it. 3:5 May darkness and deep shadow claim it once more; may a cloud settle over it; may blackness overwhelm its light. 3:6 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. 3:7 May that night be barren; may no shout of joy be heard in it. 3:8 May those who curse days curse that day, those who are ready to rouse Leviathan. 3:9 May its morning stars become dark; may it wait for daylight in vain and not see the first rays of dawn, 3:10 for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me to hide trouble from my eyes. 3:11 'Why did I not perish at birth, and die as I came from the womb? 3:12 Why were there knees to receive me and breasts that I might be nursed? 3:13 For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest 3:14 with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves places now lying in ruins, 3:15 with rulers who had gold, who filled their houses with silver. 3:16 Or why was I not hidden in the ground like a stillborn child, like an infant who never saw the light of day? 3:17 There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest. 3:18 Captives also enjoy their ease; they no longer hear the slave driver's shout. 3:19 The small and the great are there, and the slave is freed from his master. 3:20 'Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter of soul, 3:21 to those who long for death that does not come, who search for it more than for hidden treasure, 3:22 who are filled with gladness and rejoice when they reach the grave? 3:23 Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in? 3:24 For sighing comes to me instead of food; my groans pour out like water. 3:25 What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me. 3:26 I have no peace, no quietness; I have no rest, but only turmoil.'