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Job 3:3-12
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Job 3:3-12
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
3 Perish the day on which I was born,(A)
the night when they said, “The child is a boy!”
4 May that day be darkness:
may God[a] above not care for it,
may light not shine upon it!
5 May darkness and gloom claim it,
clouds settle upon it,
blackness of day[b] affright it!
6 May obscurity seize that night;
may it not be counted among the days of the year,
nor enter into the number of the months!
7 May that night be barren;
let no joyful outcry greet it!
8 Let them curse it who curse the Sea,
those skilled at disturbing Leviathan![c]
9 May the stars of its twilight be darkened;
may it look for daylight, but have none,
nor gaze on the eyes of the dawn,
10 Because it did not keep shut the doors of the womb
to shield my eyes from trouble!
11 Why did I not die at birth,(B)
come forth from the womb and expire?
12 Why did knees receive me,
or breasts nurse me?
Footnotes
- 3:4 God: in Heb. ’Eloah, another name for the divinity, used frequently in Job.
- 3:5 Blackness of day: that is, an eclipse.
- 3:8 Leviathan: a mythological sea monster symbolizing primeval chaos. It is parallel to Sea, which was the opponent of Baal in the Ugaritic legends. Cf. 9:13; 26:13; 40:25–41:26; Ps 74:13–14; 104:26; Is 27:1.
Job 3:3-12
New International Version
Job 3:3-12
New International Version
3 “May the day of my birth perish,
and the night that said, ‘A boy is conceived!’(A)
4 That day—may it turn to darkness;
may God above not care about it;
may no light shine on it.
5 May gloom and utter darkness(B) claim it once more;
may a cloud settle over it;
may blackness overwhelm it.
6 That night—may thick darkness(C) seize it;
may it not be included among the days of the year
nor be entered in any of the months.
7 May that night be barren;
may no shout of joy(D) be heard in it.
8 May those who curse days[a] curse that day,(E)
those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.(F)
9 May its morning stars become dark;
may it wait for daylight in vain
and not see the first rays of dawn,(G)
10 for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me
to hide trouble from my eyes.
Footnotes
- Job 3:8 Or curse the sea
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