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Job 3:1

Afterward Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.

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Job 3:2

And Job said,

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Job 3:3

"May the day on which I was to be born perish, As well as the night which said, 'A boy is conceived.'

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Job 3:4

-"May that day be darkness; May God above not care for it, Nor light shine on it.

Job 3:5

-"May darkness and black gloom claim it; May a cloud settle on it; May the blackness of the day terrify it.

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Job 3:6

-"As for that night, may darkness seize it; May it not rejoice among the days of the year; May it not come into the number of the months.

Job 3:7

-"Behold, may that night be barren; May no joyful shout enter it.

Job 3:8

-"May those curse it who curse the day, Who are prepared to disturb Leviathan.

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Job 3:9

-"May the stars of its twilight be darkened; May it wait for light but have none, And may it not see the breaking dawn;

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Job 3:10

Because it did not shut the opening of my mother's womb, Or hide trouble from my eyes.

Job 3:11

"Why did I not die at birth, Come out of the womb and pass away?

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Job 3:12

-"Why were the knees there in front of me, And why the breasts, that I would nurse?

Job 3:13

-"For now I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept then, I would have been at rest,

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Job 3:14

With kings and counselors of the earth, Who rebuilt ruins for themselves;

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Job 3:15

Or with rulers who had gold, Who were filling their houses with silver.

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Job 3:16

-"Or like a miscarriage which is hidden, I would not exist, As infants that never saw light.

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Job 3:17

-"There the wicked cease from raging, And there the weary are at rest.

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Job 3:18

-"The prisoners are at ease together; They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.

Job 3:19

-"The small and the great are there, And the slave is free from his master.

Job 3:20

"Why is light given to one burdened with grief, And life to the bitter of soul,

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Job 3:21

Who long for death, but there is none, And dig for it more than for hidden treasures;

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Job 3:22

Who are filled with jubilation, And rejoice when they find the grave?

Job 3:23

-"Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, And whom God has shut off?

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Job 3:24

-"For my groaning comes at the sight of my food, And my cries pour out like water.

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Job 3:25

-"For what I fear comes upon me, And what I dread encounters me.

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Job 3:26

-"I am not at ease, nor am I quiet, And I am not at rest, but turmoil comes."

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