1 GLT 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 GLT Job answered and said, BSB BSB: And this is what he said:
3 GLT “May the day on which I was born perish, and the night{ that} said,‘A boy has been conceived.’ BSB BSB: “May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, ‘A boy is conceived.’
4 GLT That day— may it be dark! May God not seek it from above, and may light not 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 GLT May darkness and deep darkness claim it; may a cloud dwell over it; may the blacknesses of the day terrify it. BSB BSB: May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
6 GLT That night— may gloom take it! May it not rejoice among the days of the year; into the number of the months may it not come. 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 GLT Behold: That night— may it be barren! May a joyful shout not come into it. BSB BSB: Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.
8 GLT May the ones cursing a day curse it, the ones skillful to awaken Leviathan. BSB BSB: May it be cursed by those who curse the day—those prepared to rouse Leviathan.
9 GLT May the stars of its twilight be dark; may it wait for light but{ there be} none, and may it not see the eyelids of the dawn, BSB BSB: May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
10 GLT because it did not close the doors of my womb and hide trouble from my eyes. BSB BSB: For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.
11 GLT Why did I not die from the womb, come out of the belly and expire? BSB BSB: Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?
12 GLT Why did knees welcome me, and why breasts, that I should suck? BSB BSB: Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed?
13 GLT For now I had lain down and was reposing, I had slept, then it was being rest to me BSB BSB: For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest
14 GLT with kings and counselors of the earth, the ones having built monuments for themselves, BSB BSB: with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,
15 GLT or with princes, gold{ having been} to them, the ones having filled their houses with silver. BSB BSB: or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.
16 GLT Or, like a hidden stillborn child, I might not have been, as infants{ sometimes} do not see the light. BSB BSB: Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?
17 GLT There the wicked stop troubling, and there the weary in strength rest. BSB BSB: There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.
18 GLT Captives relax together; they do not hear the voice of a taskmaster. BSB BSB: The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.
19 GLT Small and great{ are} there the same, and a servant{ is} free from his master. BSB BSB: Both small and great are there, and the slave is freed from his master.
20 GLT Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter in soul, BSB BSB: Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,
21 GLT the ones longing for death, but{ it is} not to them, and they dig for it more than for hidden treasure, BSB BSB: who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,
22 GLT the ones rejoicing unto gladness, and they celebrate when they find a grave, BSB BSB: who rejoice and greatly exult when they reach the grave?
23 GLT to a man whose way is hidden, and God has hedged around him? BSB BSB: Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
24 GLT For my sighing comes before my food, my groaning flows out like waters. BSB BSB: I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
25 GLT For I feared a fear and it has arrived with me; what I dreaded has come to me. BSB BSB: For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.
26 GLT I have not relaxed, and I have not reposed, and I have not rested, but trouble comes.” BSB BSB: I am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come.”
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