{"book":"Job","slug":"job","ch":3,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Job","prev":"job/2","next":"job/4","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his [birth].","f":[],"h":"Job Laments His Birth","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"And [this is what] [he] said:","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"“ May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said,‘ A boy is conceived.’","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ May the day of my birth perish,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the night it was said,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"‘ A boy is conceived.’"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":4,"t":"If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; [may no] light shine upon it.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"If only that day had turned to darkness!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"May God above disregard it;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[may no] light shine upon it."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"May darkness and gloom reclaim it,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and a cloud settle over it;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"may the blackness of the day overwhelm it."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"If only darkness had taken that night away!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"May it not appear among the days of the year;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"may it never be entered in any of the months."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Behold, may that night be barren;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"may no joyful voice come into it."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"May it be cursed by those who curse the day — those prepared to rouse Leviathan.","f":["Or curse the sea"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"May it be cursed by those who curse the day —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"those prepared to rouse Leviathan."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"May its morning stars grow dark;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"may it wait in vain for daylight;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"may it not see the breaking of dawn."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For that night did not shut the doors of the womb"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to hide the sorrow from my eyes."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Why did I not perish at birth;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"why did I not die as I came from the womb?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":12,"t":"Why were there knees to receive me, [and] breasts that I should be nursed?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Why were there knees to receive me,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[and] breasts that I should be nursed?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For now I would be lying down in peace;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I would be asleep and at rest"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"with kings and counselors of the earth,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"who built for themselves cities now in ruins,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"or with princes who had gold,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"who filled their houses with silver."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like an infant who never sees daylight?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"There the wicked cease from raging,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and there the weary find rest."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":18,"t":"The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The captives enjoy their ease;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they do not hear the voice of the oppressor."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":19,"t":"Both small and great are there, and the slave is freed from his master.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Both small and great are there,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the slave is freed from his master."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Why is light given to the miserable,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and life to the bitter of soul,"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":21,"t":"who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"who long for death that does not come,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and search for it like hidden treasure,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":22,"t":"who rejoice and greatly exult when they reach the grave?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"who rejoice and greatly exult"},{"style":"indent2","t":"when they reach the grave?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":23,"t":"Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"whom God has hedged in?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":24,"t":"I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I sigh when food is put before me,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and my groans pour out like water."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":25,"t":"For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For the thing I feared has overtaken me,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and what I dreaded has befallen me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":26,"t":"I am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I am not at ease or quiet;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I have no rest, for trouble has come.”"}],"style":"indent1"}]}