Job 3

1After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.

אַחֲרֵי־כֵן פָּתַח אִיֹּוב אֶת־פִּיהוּ וַיְקַלֵּל אֶת־יֹומֹו׃ (1937)

See also: Jeremiah 20:14-15, Job 33:2, Psalms 106:33, Genesis 30:1, Genesis 40:20, Jeremiah 15:10, Exodus 16:3, Job 4:1, Job 35:16, Psalms 39:2-3, Job 1:22, Job 2:5, Job 2:9-10, Job 3:3, Revelation 13:6

2And Job spake, and said,

וַיַּעַן אִיֹּוב וַיֹּאמַר׃ (412)

3Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.

יֹאבַד יֹום אִוָּלֶד בֹּו וְהַלַּיְלָה אָמַר הֹרָה גָבֶר׃ (864)

See also: Job 10:18-19, Jeremiah 15:10, Jeremiah 20:14-18, 2 Samuel 1:21, Job 6:26, Job 3:1

4Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

הַיֹּום הַהוּא יְהִי חֹשֶׁךְ אַל־יִדְרְשֵׁהוּ אֱלֹוהַּ מִמָּעַל וְאַל־תֹּופַע עָלָיו נְהָרָה׃ (2178)

See also: Exodus 10:22-23, Deuteronomy 11:12, Joel 2:2, Amos 5:18, Matthew 27:45, Acts 27:20, Revelation 16:10, Amos 5:20, Zephaniah 1:15

5Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

יִגְאָלֻהוּ חֹשֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָוֶת תִּשְׁכָּן־עָלָיו עֲנָנָה יְבַעֲתֻהוּ כִּמְרִירֵי יֹום׃ (3045)

6As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.

הַלַּיְלָה הַהוּא יִקָּחֵהוּ אֹפֶל אַל־יִחַדְּ בִּימֵי שָׁנָה בְּמִסְפַּר יְרָחִים אַל־יָבֹא׃ (1501)

7Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.

הִנֵּה הַלַּיְלָה הַהוּא יְהִי גַלְמוּד אַל־תָּבֹא רְנָנָה בֹו׃ (1012)

See also: Isaiah 13:20-22, Isaiah 24:8, Jeremiah 7:34, Revelation 18:22-23

8Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.

יִקְּבֻהוּ אֹרְרֵי־יֹום הָעֲתִידִים עֹרֵר לִוְיָתָן׃ (2095)

See also: Job 41:1, Psalms 74:14, Isaiah 27:1, 2 Chronicles 35:25, Job 41:10, Job 41:25, Psalms 104:26, Jeremiah 9:17-18, Amos 5:16, Matthew 11:17, Mark 5:38

9Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

יֶחְשְׁכוּ כֹּוכְבֵי נִשְׁפֹּו יְקַו־לְאֹור וָאַיִן וְאַל־יִרְאֶה בְּעַפְעַפֵּי־שָׁחַר׃ (2331)

See also: Job 41:18, Genesis 1:14, Job 33:28, Job 30:26, Jeremiah 8:15, Jeremiah 13:16

10Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.

כִּי לֹא סָגַר דַּלְתֵי בִטְנִי וַיַּסְתֵּר עָמָל מֵעֵינָי׃ (1835)

See also: Jeremiah 20:17, Genesis 20:18, Ecclesiastes 6:3-5, Genesis 29:31, Exodus 16:3, Numbers 20:3, 1 Samuel 1:5, Job 6:2-3, Job 10:1, Job 10:18, Job 23:2, Ecclesiastes 4:3, Ecclesiastes 6:5, Ecclesiastes 11:10

11Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?

לָמָּה לֹּא מֵרֶחֶם אָמוּת מִבֶּטֶן יָצָאתִי וְאֶגְוָע׃ (1539)

See also: Ecclesiastes 4:2, Genesis 30:1, Job 10:18-19, Isaiah 46:3, Numbers 14:2, Job 40:2, Psalms 22:9-10, Psalms 58:8, Psalms 71:6, Psalms 139:13-16, Jeremiah 15:10, Hosea 9:14, Job 14:10

12Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?

מַדּוּעַ קִדְּמוּנִי בִרְכָּיִם וּמַהשָּׁ־דַיִם כִּי אִינָק׃ (1198)

See also: Genesis 30:3, Isaiah 66:12, Genesis 50:23, Ezekiel 16:4-5

13For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

כִּי־עַתָּה שָׁכַבְתִּי וְאֶשְׁקֹוט יָשַׁנְתִּי אָז ׀ יָנוּחַ לִי׃ (2551)

See also: Job 14:12, Job 10:21, Job 14:10-12, Job 21:13, Ecclesiastes 9:10, Ezekiel 32:27, Luke 16:22, Job 7:8-10, Job 7:21, Job 10:22, Job 17:13, Job 19:27, Job 21:23, Ecclesiastes 6:3-5

14With kings and counsellors of the earth, which build desolate places for themselves;

עִם־מְלָכִים וְיֹעֲצֵי אָרֶץ הַבֹּנִים חֳרָבֹות לָמֹו׃ (1526)

See also: Job 15:28, Psalms 49:14, Psalms 89:48, Isaiah 14:10-16, Isaiah 22:16, 1 Kings 11:43, Job 12:17, Job 30:23, Psalms 49:6-10, Ecclesiastes 8:8, Isaiah 5:8, Isaiah 58:12, Ezekiel 26:20, Ezekiel 27:18-32, 1 Kings 2:10

15Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:

אֹו עִםשָׂ־רִים זָהָב לָהֶם הַמְמַלְאִים בָּתֵּיהֶם כָּסֶף׃ (1539)

See also: 1 Kings 10:27, Job 22:25, Zephaniah 1:18, Numbers 22:18, Job 12:21, Job 27:16-17, Isaiah 2:7, Zechariah 9:3

16Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.

אֹו כְנֵפֶל טָמוּן לֹא אֶהְיֶה כְּעֹלְלִים לֹא־רָאוּ אֹור׃ (989)

See also: Ecclesiastes 6:3, Psalms 58:8, Job 33:28, Jeremiah 20:17, 1 Corinthians 15:8, Numbers 12:12, Job 3:20

17There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

שָׁם רְשָׁעִים חָדְלוּ רֹגֶז וְשָׁם יָנוּחוּ יְגִיעֵי כֹחַ׃ (1775)

See also: Revelation 14:13, Isaiah 57:2, Job 17:16, Job 14:13, Ecclesiastes 9:6, Isaiah 57:1-2, Hebrews 4:9, Hebrews 4:11, Job 16:7, Job 18:2, Job 20:22, Job 21:33, Psalms 55:5-8, Ecclesiastes 7:1, Matthew 10:28, Luke 12:4, 2 Thessalonians 1:6-7, 2 Peter 2:8

18There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.

יַחַד אֲסִירִים שַׁאֲנָנוּ לֹא מְעוּ קֹול נֹגֵשׂ׃ (1386)

See also: Job 21:26, Job 39:7, Exodus 5:6-8, Exodus 5:15-19, Deuteronomy 28:30, Judges 4:3, Isaiah 14:3-4

19The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.

קָטֹן וְגָדֹול שָׁם הוּא וְעֶבֶד חָפְשִׁי מֵאֲדֹנָיו׃ (1151)

See also: Job 30:23, Ecclesiastes 8:8, Ecclesiastes 12:7, Psalms 49:2, Psalms 49:6-10, Psalms 49:14-20, Ecclesiastes 12:5, Luke 16:22-23, Hebrews 9:27, 2 Kings 23:2, 2 Chronicles 15:13, 2 Chronicles 34:30

20Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

לָמָּה יִתֵּן לְעָמֵל אֹור וְחַיִּים לְמָרֵי נָפֶשׁ׃ (1696)

21Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;

הַמְחַכִּים לַמָּוֶת וְאֵינֶנּוּ וַיַּחְפְּרֻהוּ מִמַּטְמֹונִים׃ (1272)

See also: Proverbs 2:4, Revelation 9:6, Numbers 11:15, 1 Kings 19:4, Jonah 4:3, Jonah 4:8

22Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?

הַשְּׂמֵחִים אֱלֵי־גִיל יָשִׂישׂוּ כִּי יִמְצְאוּ־קָבֶר׃ (1592)

See also: Job 6:10, Job 21:33, Ecclesiastes 4:3

23Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

לְגֶבֶר אֲשֶׁר־דַּרְכֹּו נִסְתָּרָה וַיָּסֶךְ אֱלֹוהַּ בַּעֲדֹו׃ (1901)

See also: Job 19:8, Hosea 2:6, Lamentations 3:7, Job 40:2, Isaiah 40:27, Job 12:14, Job 19:12, Psalms 31:8, Psalms 88:8, Lamentations 3:9, Job 19:6

24For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.

כִּי־לִפְנֵי לַחְמִי אַנְחָתִי תָבֹא וַיִּתְּכוּ כַמַּיִם שַׁאֲגֹתָי׃ (2426)

See also: Psalms 22:1, Psalms 38:8, Psalms 102:9, Psalms 31:10, Psalms 42:3-4, Psalms 80:5, Job 7:20, Job 30:16, Job 33:20, Lamentations 2:19, Job 6:7, Job 7:19, Psalms 32:3, Isaiah 59:11, Lamentations 3:8, Ezekiel 12:18

25For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.

כִּי פַחַד פָּחַדְתִּי וַיֶּאֱתָיֵנִי וַאֲשֶׁר יָגֹרְתִּי יָבֹא לִי׃ (2294)

See also: Job 1:5, Job 30:15, Job 31:23, Proverbs 10:24, Job 30:26, Isaiah 38:17, Job 9:28, Ezekiel 11:8, Job 4:5

26I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.

לֹא שָׁלַוְתִּי ׀ וְלֹא שָׁקַטְתִּי וְלֹא־נָחְתִּי וַיָּבֹא רֹגֶז׃ (2367)

See also: Job 7:14, Job 27:9, Psalms 143:11, Job 16:12