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Job 3 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Job’s Lament

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Afterward Job opened his mouth and cursed [fn]the day of his birth.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:2 - And Job [fn]said,
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“May the day on which I was to be born perish,

As well as the night which said, ‘A [fn]boy is conceived.’

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“May that day be darkness;

May God above not care for it,

Nor light shine on it.

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“May darkness and black gloom claim it;

May a cloud settle on it;

May the blackness of the day terrify it.

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As for that night, may darkness seize it;

May it not rejoice among the days of the year;

May it not come into the number of the months.

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“Behold, may that night be barren;

May no joyful shout enter it.

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“May those curse it who curse the day,

Who are [fn]prepared to disturb Leviathan.

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“May the stars of its twilight be darkened;

May it wait for light but have none,

And may it not see the [fn]breaking dawn;

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Because it did not shut the opening of my mother’s womb,

Or hide trouble from my eyes.

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“Why did I not die [fn]at birth,

Come out of the womb and pass away?

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“Why were the knees there in front of me,

And why the breasts, that I would nurse?

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“For now I would have lain down and been quiet;

I would have slept then, I would have been at rest,

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With kings and counselors of the earth,

Who rebuilt ruins for themselves;

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Or with rulers who had gold,

Who were filling their houses with silver.

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“Or like a miscarriage which is [fn]hidden, I would not exist,

As infants that never saw light.

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“There the wicked cease from raging,

And there the [fn]weary are at rest.

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“The prisoners are at ease together;

They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.

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“The small and the great are there,

And the slave is free from his master.

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“Why is light given to one burdened with grief,

And life to the bitter of soul,

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Who [fn]long for death, but there is none,

And dig for it more than for hidden treasures;

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Who are filled with jubilation,

And rejoice when they find the grave?

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Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden,

And whom God has shut off?

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“For my groaning comes at the sight of my food,

And my cries pour out like water.

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“For [fn]what I fear comes upon me,

And what I dread [fn]encounters me.

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“I am not at ease, nor am I quiet,

And I am not at rest, but turmoil comes.”

NASB20 Footnotes
Lit his day
Lit answered and said
Lit man-child
Or skillful
Lit eyelids of dawn
Lit from the womb
I.e., buried
Lit weary of strength
Lit wait
Lit I fear a fear, and it comes
Lit comes to me
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