Job 3:1-10

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1} After this, Job began to speak and cursed the day he was born. ^{Tools
2} He said:

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May the day I was born perish,
and the night when they said,
“A boy is conceived.”^(A)

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If only that day had turned to darkness!
May God above not care about it,
or light shine on it.

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May darkness and gloom^(B) reclaim it,
and a cloud settle over it.
May an eclipse of the sun^(a) terrify it.

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If only darkness had taken that night away!
May it not appear^(b) among the days of the year
or be listed in the calendar.^(c)

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Yes, may that night be barren;
may no joyful shout^(C) be heard in it.

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Let those who curse certain days
cast a spell^(D) on it,
those who are skilled in rousing Leviathan.^(E)

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May its morning stars grow dark.
May it wait for daylight but have none;
may it not see the breaking^(d) of dawn.

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For that night did not shut
the doors of my mother’s womb,
and hide sorrow from my eyes.

a. Job 3:5: Lit May a darkening of daylight

b. Job 3:6: LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg; MT reads rejoice

c. Job 3:6: Lit or enter the number of months

d. Job 3:9: Lit the eyelids

A. Job 3:3: Job 5:7; Proverbs 23:25; Isaiah 7:14

B. Job 3:5: Job 10:21-22; Job 12:22; Job 28:3

C. Job 3:7: Job 20:5; Psalm 63:5

D. Job 3:8: Numbers 22:11; Numbers 22:17; Job 5:3; Proverbs 11:26

E. Job 3:8: Psalm 74:14; Psalm 104:26