Job Laments His Birth 1 DRA After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day, BSB BSB: After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
2 DRA And he said: BSB BSB: And this is what he said:
3 DRA Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said: A man child is conceived. BSB BSB: “May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, ‘A boy is conceived.’
4 DRA Let that day be turned into darkness, let not God regard it from above, and let not the light shine upon it. BSB BSB: If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.
5 DRA Let darkness, and the shadow of death cover it, let a mist overspread it, and let it be wrapped up in bitterness. BSB BSB: May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
6 DRA Let a darksome whirlwind seize upon that night, let it not be counted in the days of the year, nor numbered in the months. BSB BSB: 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.
7 DRA Let that night be solitary, and not worthy of praise. BSB BSB: Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.
8 DRA Let them curse it who curse the day. who are ready to raise up a leviathan: BSB BSB: May it be cursed by those who curse the day—those prepared to rouse Leviathan.
9 DRA Let the stars be darkened with the mist thereof: let it expect light and not see it, nor the rising of the dawning of the day: BSB BSB: May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
10 DRA Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, nor took away evils from my eyes. BSB BSB: For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.
11 DRA Why did I not die in the womb, why did I not perish when I came out of the belly? BSB BSB: Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?
12 DRA Why received upon the knees? why suckled at the breasts? BSB BSB: Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed?
13 DRA For now I should have been asleep and still, and should have rest in my sleep. BSB BSB: For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest
14 DRA With kings and consuls of the earth, who build themselves solitudes: BSB BSB: with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,
15 DRA Or with princes, that possess gold, and All their houses with silver: BSB BSB: or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.
16 DRA Or as a hidden untimely birth I should not be, or as they that being conceived have not seen the light. BSB BSB: Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?
17 DRA There the wicked cease from tumult, and there the wearied in strength are at rest. BSB BSB: There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.
18 DRA And they sometime bound together without disquiet, have not heard the voice of the oppressor. BSB BSB: The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.
19 DRA The small and great are there, and the servant is free from his master. BSB BSB: Both small and great are there, and the slave is freed from his master.
20 DRA Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to them that are in bitterness of soul? BSB BSB: Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,
21 DRA That look for death, and it cometh not, as they that dig for a treasure: BSB BSB: who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,
22 DRA And they rejoice exceedingly when they have found the grave. BSB BSB: who rejoice and greatly exult when they reach the grave?
23 DRA To a man whose way is hidden, and God hath surrounded him with darkness? BSB BSB: Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
24 DRA Before I eat I sigh: and as overflowing waters, so is my roaring: BSB BSB: I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
25 DRA For the fear which I feared hath come upon me: and that which I was afraid of, hath befallen me. BSB BSB: For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.
26 DRA Have I not dissembled? have I not kept silence? have I not been quiet? and indignation is come upon me. BSB BSB: I am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come.”
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