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the Week of Proper 17 / Ordinary 22
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Passage Lookup: Job 3
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Job 3:1
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After this, Job began to speak and cursed the day he was born.
Job 3:2
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He said:
Job 3:3
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May the day I was born perish, and the night when they said, "A boy is conceived."(a)
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Job 3:4
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If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above not care about it, or light shine on it.
Job 3:5
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May darkness and gloom(b) reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it. May an eclipse of the sun[a] terrify it.
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Job 3:6
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If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear[b] among the days of the year or be listed in the calendar.[c]
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Job 3:7
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Yes, may that night be barren; may no joyful shout(c) be heard in it.
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Job 3:8
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Let those who curse certain days cast a spell(d) on it, those who are skilled in rousing Leviathan.(e)
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Job 3:9
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May its morning stars grow dark. May it wait for daylight but have none; may it not see the breaking[d] of dawn.
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Job 3:10
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For that night did not shut the doors of my mother's womb, and hide sorrow from my eyes.
Job 3:11
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Why was I not stillborn; why didn't I die as I came from the womb?(f)
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Job 3:12
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Why did the knees receive me, and why were there breasts for me to nurse?(g)
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Job 3:13
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Now I would certainly be lying down in peace; I would be asleep.(h) Then I would be at rest(i)
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Job 3:14
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with the kings and counselors(j) of the earth, who rebuilt ruined cities for themselves,
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Job 3:15
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or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses(k) with silver.
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Job 3:16
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Or why was I not hidden like a miscarried child,(l) like infants who never see daylight?
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Job 3:17
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There the wicked(m) cease to make trouble, and there the weary find rest.
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Job 3:18
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The captives are completely at ease;(n) they do not hear the voice of their oppressor.(o)
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Job 3:19
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Both small and great are there, and the slave is set free from his master.(p)
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Job 3:20
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Why is light given to one burdened with grief, and life to those whose existence is bitter,(q)
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Job 3:21
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who wait for death,(r) but it does not come, and search for it more than for hidden treasure,
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Job 3:22
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who are filled with much joy and are glad when they reach the grave?(s)
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Job 3:23
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Why is life given to a man whose path is hidden,(t) whom God has hedged in?
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Job 3:24
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I sigh when food(u) is put before me,[e] and my groans pour out like water.(v)
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Job 3:25
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For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has happened to me.(w)
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Job 3:26
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I cannot relax or be still; I have no rest,(x) for trouble comes.
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