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Job’s Lament | ||||
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| 1 Afterward Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. | 1 After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. | 1 After all this, Job [finally] opened his mouth and cursed the day he was born. | 1 After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed the day of his birth. | 1 After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed his day. | 2 And Job said, | 2 And Job spake, and said, | 2 Job said, | 2 Job answered: | 2 And Job answered and said, | 3 "Let the day perish on which I was to be born, And the night which said, 'A boy is conceived.' | 3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived. | 3 "Scratch out the day I was born and the night that said, 'A boy has been conceived!' | 3 "Let the day perish in which I was born, the night which said, 'There is a boy conceived.' | 3 Let the day perish in which I was born, and the night that said, There is a man child conceived. | 4 "May that day be darkness; Let not God above care for it, Nor light shine on it. | 4 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it. | 4 "That day- let it be pitch-black. Let God above not [even] care about it. Let no light shine on it. | 4 Let that day be darkness. Don't let God from above seek for it, neither let the light shine on it. | 4 That day let it be darkness, let not +God care for it from above, neither let light shine upon it: | 5 "Let darkness and black gloom claim it; Let a cloud settle on it; Let the blackness of the day terrify it. | 5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. | 5 Let the darkness and long shadows claim it as their own. Let a dark cloud hang over it. Let the gloom terrify it. | 5 Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes black the day terrify it. | 5 Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it; let clouds dwell upon it; let darkeners of the day terrify it. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 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. | 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. | 6 "That night- let the blackness take it away. Let it not be included in the days of the year or be numbered among the months. | 6 As for that night, let thick darkness seize on it. Let it not rejoice among the days of the year. Let it not come into the number of the months. | 6 That night let gloom seize upon 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. | 7 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein. | 7 Let that night be empty. Let no joyful singing be heard in it. | 7 Behold, let that night be barren. Let no joyful voice come therein. | 7 Behold, let that night be barren; let no joyful sound come therein; | 8 "Let those curse it who curse the day, Who are prepared to rouse Leviathan. | 8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning. | 8 Let those who curse the day (those who know how to wake up Leviathan) curse that night. | 8 Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan. | 8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready 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; | 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: | 9 Let its stars turn dark before dawn. Let it hope for light and receive none. Let it not see the first light of dawn | 9 Let the stars of its twilight be dark. Let it look for light, but have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the morning, | 9 Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it wait for light, and have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the dawn: | 10 Because it did not shut the opening of my mother's womb, Or hide trouble from my eyes. | 10 Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes. | 10 because it did not shut the doors of the womb [from which I came] or hide my eyes from trouble. | 10 because it didn't shut up the doors of my mother's womb, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes. | 10 Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, and hid not trouble from mine eyes. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 11 "Why did I not die at birth, Come forth from the womb and expire? | 11 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly? | 11 "Why didn't I die as soon as I was born and breathe my last breath when I came out of the womb? | 11 "Why didn't I die from the womb? Why didn't I give up the spirit when my mother bore me? | 11 Wherefore did I not die from the womb, come forth from the belly and expire? | 12 "Why did the knees receive me, And why the breasts, that I should suck? | 12 Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck? | 12 Why did knees welcome me? Why did breasts let me nurse? | 12 Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breast, that I should nurse? | 12 Why did the knees meet me? and wherefore 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, | 13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest, | 13 Instead of being alive, I would now be quietly lying down. I would now be sleeping peacefully. | 13 For now should I have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept, then I would have been at rest, | 13 For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept: then had I been at rest, | 14 With kings and with counselors of the earth, Who rebuilt ruins for themselves; | 14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which build desolate places for themselves; | 14 I would be with the kings and the counselors of the world who built for themselves [what are now] ruins. | 14 with kings and counselors of the earth, who built up waste places for themselves; | 14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, who build desolate places for themselves, | 15 Or with princes who had gold, Who were filling their houses with silver. | 15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver: | 15 I would be with princes who had gold, who filled their homes with silver. | 15 or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver: | 15 Or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver; | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 16 "Or like a miscarriage which is discarded, I would not be, As infants that never saw light. | 16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light. | 16 I would be buried like a stillborn baby. I would not exist. I would be like infants who never saw the light. | 16 or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, as infants who never saw light. | 16 Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants that have not seen the light. | 17 "There the wicked cease from raging, And there the weary are at rest. | 17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. | 17 There the wicked stop their raging. There the weary are able to rest. | 17 There the wicked cease from troubling. There the weary are at rest. | 17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the wearied are at rest. | 18 "The prisoners are at ease together; They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster. | 18 There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. | 18 There the captives have no troubles at all. There they do not hear the shouting of the slave driver. | 18 There the prisoners are at ease together. They don't hear the voice of the taskmaster. | 18 The prisoners together are at ease; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster. | 19 "The small and the great are there, And the slave is free from his master. | 19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master. | 19 There [you find] both the unimportant and important people. There the slave is free from his master. | 19 The small and the great are there. The servant is free from his master. | 19 The small and great are there, and the bondman freed from his master. | 20 "Why is light given to him who suffers, And life to the bitter of soul, | 20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; | 20 "Why give light to one in misery and life to those who find it so bitter, | 20 "Why is light given to him who is in misery, life to the bitter in soul, | 20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in trouble, and life to those bitter of soul, | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 21 Who long for death, but there is none, And dig for it more than for hidden treasures, | 21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; | 21 to those who long for death but it never comes- though they dig for it more than for buried treasure? | 21 Who long for death, but it doesn't come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures, | 21 Who long for death, and it cometh not, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures; | 22 Who rejoice greatly, And exult when they find the grave? | 22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave? | 22 They are ecstatic, delighted to find the grave. | 22 who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave? | 22 Who rejoice even exultingly and are glad when they find the grave? -- | 23 "Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, And whom God has hedged in? | 23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in? | 23 Why give light to those whose paths have been hidden, to those whom God has fenced in? | 23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in? | 23 To the man whose way is hidden, and whom +God hath hedged in? | 24 "For my groaning comes at the sight of my food, And my cries pour out like water. | 24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters. | 24 "When my food is in front of me, I sigh. I pour out my groaning like water. | 24 For my sighing comes before I eat. My groanings are poured out like water. | 24 For my sighing cometh before my bread, and my groanings are poured out like the waters. | 25 "For what I fear comes upon me, And what I dread befalls me. | 25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me. | 25 What I fear most overtakes me. What I dread happens to me. | 25 For the thing which I fear comes on me, That which I am afraid of comes to me. | 25 For I feared a fear, and it hath come upon me, and that which I dreaded hath come to me. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 26 "I am not at ease, nor am I quiet, And I am not at rest, but turmoil comes." | 26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came. | 26 I have no peace! I have no quiet! I have no rest! And trouble keeps coming!" Be Patient and Listen, Job | 26 I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest; but trouble comes." | 26 I was not in safety, neither had I quietness, neither was I at rest, and trouble came. |
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