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A man has been conceived.">c</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Let that day be dark;</p> <p class="poetry2">let God above not care about it;</p> <p class="poetry2">let no light shine over it.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Let darkness and deep gloom reclaim it;</p> <p class="poetry2">let clouds settle down on it;</p> <p class="poetry2">let blackness in mid-day terrify it.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Let darkness carry that night away;</p> <p class="poetry2">let it not take its place joyfully among the days of the year;</p> <p class="poetry2">let it not be entered into the calendar.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:6 Lit. entered among the numbering of months">d</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“Yes, let that night be barren;</p> <p class="poetry2">let it not appear with its joyful shout.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Let whoever curses days curse it—</p> <p class="poetry2">those who are ready to awaken monsters.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:8 Lit. Leviathan; i.e. an ancient sea creature">e</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Let the stars of its evening twilight be dark;</p> <p class="poetry2">let it hope for light but let there be none;</p> <p class="poetry2">let it not see the breaking rays<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:9 Lit. the eyelashes">f</a></span> of the dawn.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“Because that night<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:10 Lit. It">g</a></span> refused to shut the doors of my mother’s<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:10 The Heb. lacks mother’s">h</a></span> womb;</p> <p class="poetry2">it failed to keep me from seeing this trouble.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Why didn’t I die while I was still in the womb,</p> <p class="poetry2">or die while I was being born?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Why was there a lap<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:12 Lit. Why were there knees">i</a></span> to hold me,</p> <p class="poetry2">and why were there breasts to nurse me?</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“If I had died,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:13 Lit. For">j</a></span> I would be lying down by now,</p> <p class="poetry2">undisturbed, asleep, and at rest,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>along with kings and counselors of the earth,</p> <p class="poetry2">who used to build for themselves what are now only<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:14 The Heb. lacks only">k</a></span> ruins,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>or princes who amassed<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:15 The Heb. lacks who amassed">l</a></span> gold for themselves,</p> <p class="poetry2">and who kept filling their houses with silver.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“Or why was I not buried<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:16 Lit. hidden">m</a></span> like a stillborn child,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:16 Or miscarriage">n</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">like babies<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:16 Lit. children">o</a></span> who never saw the light?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>In that place, the wicked stop causing trouble,</p> <p class="poetry2">and there, those whose strength is exhausted are at rest.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>In that place, those who once were prisoners will be at ease together;</p> <p class="poetry2">they won’t hear the voice of oppressors.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The unimportant and the important are both there,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the servant is free from his master.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“Why does God<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:20 Lit. he">p</a></span> give light to the sufferer</p> <p class="poetry2">or life to the bitter person:</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>To those who are longing for death—</p> <p class="poetry2">even though it does not come?</p> <p class="poetry2">To those who search for it</p> <p class="poetry2">more than for hidden treasure?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>To those who are happy beyond measure<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:22 Lit. happy with great rejoicing">q</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">when they reach their graves?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>To the formerly successful<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:23 Lit. the valiant">r</a></span> man who lost his way in life,</p> <p class="poetry2">and God fenced him in?</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“As far as I’m concerned, my food comes to me in the form of sighs,</p> <p class="poetry2">and my cries of anguish pour out like water.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/3-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>For the dreaded thing that I feared has happened to me,</p> <p class="poetry2">what caused me to worry has engulfed<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:25 Lit. come">s</a></span> me.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/3-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>I will not be at ease;</p> <p class="poetry2">I will not be quiet;</p> <p class="poetry2">I will not rest;</p> <p class="poetry2">because trouble has arrived.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 3:1 Or <i>Job opened his mouth and cursed</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 3:1 The Heb. lacks <i>he was born</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 3:3 Lit. <i>A man has been conceived.</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 3:6 Lit. <i>entered among the numbering of months</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 3:8 Lit. <i>Leviathan</i>; i.e. an ancient sea creature<br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 3:9 Lit. <i>the eyelashes</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 3:10 Lit. <i>It</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 3:10 The Heb. lacks <i>mother’s</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 3:12 Lit. <i>Why were there knees</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 3:13 Lit. <i>For</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 3:14 The Heb. lacks <i>only</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 3:15 The Heb. lacks <i>who amassed</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 3:16 Lit. <i>hidden</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 3:16 Or <i>miscarriage</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 3:16 Lit. <i>children</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 3:20 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 3:22 Lit. <i>happy with great rejoicing</i><br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 3:23 Lit. <i>the valiant</i><br /><span class="fnb">s</span> 3:25 Lit. <i>come</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../job/2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../job/4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/job/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>