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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Job 3 Legacy Standard Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/job/3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/job/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">LSB</a> > Job 3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../job/2.htm" title="Job 2">◄</a> Job 3 <a href="../job/4.htm" title="Job 4">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Legacy Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/nasb_/job/3.htm" style="color:#0092f2" title="NASB">►► </a></td></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">Job Curses the Day of His Birth</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Afterward Job opened his mouth and cursed <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>the day of his <i>birth</i>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And Job answered and said, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“Let the day perish on which I was to be born, <p class="indent2">And the night <i>which</i> said, ‘A man is conceived.’ <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>May that day be darkness; <p class="indent2">Let not God seek it from above, <p class="indent2">Nor light shine on it. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Let darkness and shadow of death redeem it; <p class="indent2">Let a cloud dwell upon it; <p class="indent2">Let the blackness of the day terrify it. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><i>As for</i> that night, let thick darkness take it; <p class="indent2">Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; <p class="indent2">Let it not come into the number of the months. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Behold, let that night be barren; <p class="indent2">Let no joyful shout enter it. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Let those curse it who curse the day, <p class="indent2">Who are <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>ready to rouse Leviathan. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Let the stars of its twilight be darkened; <p class="indent2">Let it hope for light but have none, <p class="indent2">And let it not see the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>breaking dawn, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Because it did not shut the opening of my <i>mother’s</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>body, <p class="indent2">Or hide trouble from my eyes. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“Why did I not die from the womb, <p class="indent2">Come forth from the womb and breathe my last? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Why did the knees receive me, <p class="indent2">And why the breasts, that I should suck? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For now I would have lain down and been quiet; <p class="indent2">I would have slept then; it would have been rest to me, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>With kings and <i>with</i> counselors of the earth, <p class="indent2">Who rebuilt waste places for themselves, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Or with princes who had gold, <p class="indent2">Who were filling their houses <i>with</i> silver. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Or <i>why</i> was I not like a miscarriage hidden away, <p class="indent2">As infants that never saw light? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>There the wicked cease from raging, <p class="indent2">And there the weary of strength are at rest. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The prisoners are at ease together; <p class="indent2">They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The small and the great are there, <p class="indent2">And the slave is free from his master. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“Why is light given to him who is troubled, <p class="indent2">And life to the bitter of soul, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Who <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>long for death, but there is none, <p class="indent2">And dig for it more than for hidden treasures, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Who are glad with joy, <p class="indent2"><i>And</i> rejoice when they find the grave? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><i>Why is light given</i> to a man whose way is hidden, <p class="indent2">And whom God has hedged in? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>For my groaning comes at the sight of my food, <p class="indent2">And my roaring pours out like water. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>For the dread that I dread comes upon me, <p class="indent2">And what I am afraid of befalls me. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>I am not complacent, nor am I quiet, <p class="indent2">And I am not at rest, and raging comes.”<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">1</span> Lit <i>his day</i><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> Or <i>skillful</i><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> Lit <i>eyelids of</i><br><span class="fnverse">10</span> Lit <i>stomach</i><br><span class="fnverse">21</span> Lit <i>wait</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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