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Job 3
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Job 3 . 1
1 After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.TOSKJob 3:1
Job 3 . 2
2 And this is what he said:TOSKJob 3:2
Job 3 . 3
3 "May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, 'A boy is conceived.'TOSKJob 3:3
Job 3 . 4
4 If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.TOSKJob 3:4
Job 3 . 5
5 May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.TOSKJob 3:5
Job 3 . 6
6 If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.TOSKJob 3:6
Job 3 . 7
7 Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.TOSKJob 3:7
Job 3 . 8
8 May it be cursed by those who curse the day—those prepared to rouse Leviathan.TOSKJob 3:8
Job 3 . 9
9 May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.TOSKJob 3:9
Job 3 . 10
10 For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.TOSKJob 3:10
Job 3 . 11
11 Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?TOSKJob 3:11
Job 3 . 12
12 Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed?TOSKJob 3:12
Job 3 . 13
13 For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at restTOSKJob 3:13
Job 3 . 14
14 with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,TOSKJob 3:14
Job 3 . 15
15 or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.TOSKJob 3:15
Job 3 . 16
16 Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?TOSKJob 3:16
Job 3 . 17
17 There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.TOSKJob 3:17
Job 3 . 18
18 The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.TOSKJob 3:18
Job 3 . 19
19 Both small and great are there, and the slave is freed from his master.TOSKJob 3:19
Job 3 . 20
20 Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,TOSKJob 3:20
Job 3 . 21
21 who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,TOSKJob 3:21
Job 3 . 22
22 who rejoice and greatly exult when they can find the grave?TOSKJob 3:22
Job 3 . 23
23 Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?TOSKJob 3:23
Job 3 . 24
24 I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.TOSKJob 3:24
Job 3 . 25
25 For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.TOSKJob 3:25
Job 3 . 26
26 I am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come.”TOSKJob 3:26