Job 3

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WEB KJV

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WEBAfter this Job opened his mouth, and cursed the day of his birth.
KJVAfter this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
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WEBJob answered:
KJVAnd Job spake, and said,
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WEB“Let the day perish in which I was born, the night which said, ‘There is a boy conceived.’
KJVLet the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
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WEBLet that day be darkness. Don’t let God from above seek for it, neither let the light shine on it.
KJVLet that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
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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.
KJVLet darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
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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.
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.
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WEBBehold, let that night be barren. Let no joyful voice come therein.
KJVLo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
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WEBLet them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.
KJVLet them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
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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,
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:
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WEBbecause it didn’t shut up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.
KJVBecause it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.
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WEB“Why didn’t I die from the womb? Why didn’t I give up the spirit when my mother bore me?
KJVWhy died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
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WEBWhy did the knees receive me? Or why the breast, that I should nurse?
KJVWhy did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
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WEBFor now I should have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept, then I would have been at rest,
KJVFor now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
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WEBwith kings and counselors of the earth, who built up waste places for themselves;
KJVWith kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;
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WEBor with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver;
KJVOr with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
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WEBor as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, as infants who never saw light.
KJVOr as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
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WEBThere the wicked cease from troubling. There the weary are at rest.
KJVThere the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
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WEBThere the prisoners are at ease together. They don’t hear the voice of the taskmaster.
KJVThere the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
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WEBThe small and the great are there. The servant is free from his master.
KJVThe small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
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WEB“Why is light given to him who is in misery, life to the bitter in soul,
KJVWherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
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WEBwho long for death, but it doesn’t come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
KJVWhich long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
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WEBwho rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
KJVWhich rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
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WEBWhy is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
KJVWhy is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
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WEBFor my sighing comes before I eat. My groanings are poured out like water.
KJVFor my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
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WEBFor the thing which I fear comes on me, that which I am afraid of comes to me.
KJVFor the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
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WEBI am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither do I have rest; but trouble comes.”
KJVI was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.

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