Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Let those who curse certain days
cast a spell on it,
those who are skilled in rousing Leviathan.

New American Standard Bible

“Let those curse it who curse the day,
Who are prepared to rouse Leviathan.

King James Version

Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.

International Standard Version

Let whoever curses days curse it those who are ready to awaken monsters.

A Conservative Version

Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.

American Standard Version

Let them curse it that curse the day, Who are ready to rouse up leviathan.

Amplified


“Let those curse it who curse the day,
Who are skilled in rousing up Leviathan.

Bible in Basic English

Let it be cursed by those who put a curse on the day; who are ready to make Leviathan awake.

Darby Translation

Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to rouse Leviathan;

Julia Smith Translation

They cursing the day shall curse it, they being ready to rouse up the sea monster.

King James 2000

Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to arouse leviathan.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Let those who curse the day curse it, those who are skilled at rousing Leviathan.

Modern King James verseion

Let those curse it who curse the day, who are ready to stir up Leviathan.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

give it their curse also, even those that be ready to raise vp Leviathan.

NET Bible

Let those who curse the day curse it -- those who are prepared to rouse Leviathan.

New Heart English Bible

Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.

The Emphasized Bible

Let day-cursers denounce it, Those skilled in rousing the dragon of the sky:

Webster

Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.

World English Bible

Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.

Youngs Literal Translation

Let the cursers of day mark it, Who are ready to wake up Leviathan.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
it that curse
ארר 
'arar 
Usage: 63

the day
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

עתיד 
`athiyd 
Usage: 5

to raise up
עוּר 
`uwr 
Usage: 80

Context Readings

Job Regrets His Birth

7 Yes, may that night be barren;
may no joyful shout be heard in it.
8 Let those who curse certain days
cast a spell on it,
those who are skilled in rousing Leviathan.
9 May its morning stars grow dark.
May it wait for daylight but have none;
may it not see the breaking of dawn.


Cross References

Job 41:1

Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook
or tie his tongue down with a rope?

Job 41:10

No one is ferocious enough to rouse Leviathan;
who then can stand against Me?

2 Chronicles 35:25

Jeremiah chanted a dirge over Josiah, and all the singing men and singing women still speak of Josiah in their dirges to this very day. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Dirges.

Job 41:25

When Leviathan rises, the mighty are terrified;
they withdraw because of his thrashing.

Jeremiah 9:17-18

This is what the Lord of Hosts says:

Consider, and summon the women who mourn;
send for the skillful women.

Amos 5:16

Therefore Yahweh, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says:

There will be wailing in all the public squares;
they will cry out in anguish in all the streets.
The farmer will be called on to mourn,
and professional mourners to wail.

Matthew 11:17

We played the flute for you,
but you didn’t dance;
we sang a lament,
but you didn’t mourn!

Mark 5:38

They came to the leader’s house, and He saw a commotion—people weeping and wailing loudly.

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