Job 3

Highlighted words differ from the KJV. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

KJV WEB

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KJVAfter this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
WEBAfter this Job opened his mouth, and cursed the day of his birth.
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KJVAnd Job spake, and said,
WEBJob answered:
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KJVLet the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
WEB“Let the day perish in which I was born, the night which said, ‘There is a boy conceived.’
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KJVLet that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
WEBLet that day be darkness. Don’t let God from above seek for it, neither let the light shine on it.
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KJVLet darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
WEBLet darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes the day black terrify it.
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KJVAs for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
WEBAs 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.
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KJVLo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
WEBBehold, let that night be barren. Let no joyful voice come therein.
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KJVLet them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
WEBLet them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.
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KJVLet the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
WEBLet the stars of its twilight be dark. Let it look for light, but have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the morning,
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KJVBecause it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.
WEBbecause it didn’t shut up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.
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KJVWhy died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
WEB“Why didn’t I die from the womb? Why didn’t I give up the spirit when my mother bore me?
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KJVWhy did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
WEBWhy did the knees receive me? Or why the breast, that I should nurse?
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KJVFor now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
WEBFor now I should have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept, then I would have been at rest,
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KJVWith kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;
WEBwith kings and counselors of the earth, who built up waste places for themselves;
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KJVOr with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
WEBor with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver;
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KJVOr as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
WEBor as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, as infants who never saw light.
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KJVThere the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
WEBThere the wicked cease from troubling. There the weary are at rest.
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KJVThere the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
WEBThere the prisoners are at ease together. They don’t hear the voice of the taskmaster.
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KJVThe small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
WEBThe small and the great are there. The servant is free from his master.
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KJVWherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
WEB“Why is light given to him who is in misery, life to the bitter in soul,
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KJVWhich long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
WEBwho long for death, but it doesn’t come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
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KJVWhich rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
WEBwho rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
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KJVWhy is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
WEBWhy is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
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KJVFor my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
WEBFor my sighing comes before I eat. My groanings are poured out like water.
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KJVFor the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
WEBFor the thing which I fear comes on me, that which I am afraid of comes to me.
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KJVI was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
WEBI am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither do I have rest; but trouble comes.”

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