3:1 After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed the day of his birth.
The WEB Book of Job , Chapter 3 , Verse 1 , After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed the day of his birth.
3:2 Job answered:
The WEB Book of Job , Chapter 3 , Verse 2 , Job answered:
3:3 "Let the day perish in which I was born, The night which said, 'There is a man-child conceived.'
The WEB Book of Job , Chapter 3 , Verse 3 , "Let the day perish in which I was born, The night which said, 'There is a man-child conceived.'
3:4 Let that day be darkness; Don't let God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine on it.
The WEB Book of Job , Chapter 3 , Verse 4 , Let that day be darkness; Don't let God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine on it.
3:5 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.
The WEB Book of Job , Chapter 3 , Verse 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.
3:6 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.
The WEB Book of Job , Chapter 3 , Verse 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.
3:7 Behold, let that night be barren. Let no joyful voice come therein.
The WEB Book of Job , Chapter 3 , Verse 7 , Behold, let that night be barren. Let no joyful voice come therein.
3:8 Let them curse it who curse the day, Who are ready to rouse up leviathan.
The WEB Book of Job , Chapter 3 , Verse 8 , Let them curse it who curse the day, Who are ready to rouse up leviathan.
3:9 Let the stars of the twilight of it be dark. Let it look for light, but have none, Neither let it see the eyelids of the morning,
The WEB Book of Job , Chapter 3 , Verse 9 , Let the stars of the twilight of it be dark. Let it look for light, but have none, Neither let it see the eyelids of the morning,
3:10 Because it didn't shut up the doors of my mother's womb, Nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.
The WEB Book of Job , Chapter 3 , Verse 10 , Because it didn't shut up the doors of my mother's womb, Nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.
3:11 "Why didn't I die from the womb? Why didn't I give up the spirit when my mother bore me?
The WEB Book of Job , Chapter 3 , Verse 11 , "Why didn't I die from the womb? Why didn't I give up the spirit when my mother bore me?
3:12 Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breast, that I should suck?
The WEB Book of Job , Chapter 3 , Verse 12 , Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breast, that I should suck?
3:13 For now should I have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept, then I would have been at rest,
The WEB Book of Job , Chapter 3 , Verse 13 , For now should I have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept, then I would have been at rest,
3:14 With kings and counselors of the earth, Who built up waste places for themselves;
The WEB Book of Job , Chapter 3 , Verse 14 , With kings and counselors of the earth, Who built up waste places for themselves;
3:15 Or with princes who had gold, Who filled their houses with silver:
The WEB Book of Job , Chapter 3 , Verse 15 , Or with princes who had gold, Who filled their houses with silver:
3:16 Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants who never saw light.
The WEB Book of Job , Chapter 3 , Verse 16 , Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants who never saw light.
3:17 There the wicked cease from troubling; There the weary are at rest.
The WEB Book of Job , Chapter 3 , Verse 17 , There the wicked cease from troubling; There the weary are at rest.
3:18 There the prisoners are at ease together. They don't hear the voice of the taskmaster.
The WEB Book of Job , Chapter 3 , Verse 18 , There the prisoners are at ease together. They don't hear the voice of the taskmaster.
3:19 The small and the great are there. The servant is free from his master.
The WEB Book of Job , Chapter 3 , Verse 19 , The small and the great are there. The servant is free from his master.
3:20 "Why is light given to him who is in misery, Life to the bitter in soul,
The WEB Book of Job , Chapter 3 , Verse 20 , "Why is light given to him who is in misery, Life to the bitter in soul,
3:21 Who long for death, but it doesn't come; Dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
The WEB Book of Job , Chapter 3 , Verse 21 , Who long for death, but it doesn't come; Dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
3:22 Who rejoice exceedingly, Are glad, when they can find the grave?
The WEB Book of Job , Chapter 3 , Verse 22 , Who rejoice exceedingly, Are glad, when they can find the grave?
3:23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, Whom God has hedged in?
The WEB Book of Job , Chapter 3 , Verse 23 , Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, Whom God has hedged in?
3:24 For my sighing comes before I eat, My groanings are poured out like water.
The WEB Book of Job , Chapter 3 , Verse 24 , For my sighing comes before I eat, My groanings are poured out like water.
3:25 For the thing which I fear comes on me, That which I am afraid of comes to me.
The WEB Book of Job , Chapter 3 , Verse 25 , For the thing which I fear comes on me, That which I am afraid of comes to me.
3:26 I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest; But trouble comes."
The WEB Book of Job , Chapter 3 , Verse 26 , I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest; But trouble comes."