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1 After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
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2 And Job spake, and said,
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3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
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4 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
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5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
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6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
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7 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
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8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
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9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
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10 Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.
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11 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
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12 Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
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13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
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14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;
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15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
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16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
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17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
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18 There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
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19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
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20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
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21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
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22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
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23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
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24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
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25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
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26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
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- 1 Afterward Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
- 2 And Job said,
- 3 “Let the day perish on which I was to be born, And the night which said, 'A boy is conceived.'
- 4 “May that day be darkness; Let not God above care for it, Nor light shine on it.
- 5 “Let darkness and black gloom claim it; Let a cloud settle on it; Let the blackness of the day terrify it.
- 6 “As for that night, let darkness seize it; Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not come into the number of the months.
- 7 “Behold, let that night be barren; Let no joyful shout enter it.
- 8 “Let those curse it who curse the day, Who are prepared to rouse Leviathan.
- 9 “Let the stars of its twilight be darkened; Let it wait for light but have none, And let it not see the breaking dawn;
- 10 Because it did not shut the opening of my mother's womb, Or hide trouble from my eyes.
- 11 “Why did I not die at birth, Come forth from the womb and expire?
- 12 “Why did the knees receive me, And why the breasts, that I should suck?
- 13 “For now I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept then, I would have been at rest,
- 14 With kings and with counselors of the earth, Who rebuilt ruins for themselves;
- 15 Or with princes who had gold, Who were filling their houses with silver.
- 16 “Or like a miscarriage which is discarded, I would not be, As infants that never saw light.
- 17 “There the wicked cease from raging, And there the weary are at rest.
- 18 “The prisoners are at ease together; They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.
- 19 “The small and the great are there, And the slave is free from his master.
- 20 “Why is light given to him who suffers, And life to the bitter of soul,
- 21 Who long for death, but there is none, And dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
- 22 Who rejoice greatly, And exult when they find the grave?
- 23 “Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, And whom God has hedged in?
- 24 “For my groaning comes at the sight of my food, And my cries pour out like water.
- 25 “For what I fear comes upon me, And what I dread befalls me.
- 26 “I am not at ease, nor am I quiet, And I am not at rest, but turmoil comes.”
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