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the day I was born perish,</p><p class="poem">and the night that said,</p><p class="poem">“A boy is conceived.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.3.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.3.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>If only that day had turned to darkness!</p><p class="poem">May God above not care about it,</p><p class="poem">or light shine on it.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.3.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>May darkness and gloom<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.3.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> reclaim it,</p><p class="poem">and a cloud settle over it.</p><p class="poem">May what darkens the day terrify it.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.3.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>If only darkness had taken that night away!</p><p class="poem">May it not appear<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.3.6.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> among the days of the year</p><p class="poem">or be listed in the calendar.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.3.6.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.3.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Yes, may that night be barren;</p><p class="poem">may no joyful shout<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.3.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> be heard in it.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.3.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Let those who curse days</p><p class="poem">condemn<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.3.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> it,</p><p class="poem">those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.3.8.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.3.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>May its morning stars grow dark.</p><p class="poem">May it wait for daylight but have none;</p><p class="poem">may it not see the breaking<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.3.9.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> of dawn.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.3.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For that night did not shut</p><p class="poem">the doors of my mother’s womb,</p><p class="poem">and hide sorrow from my eyes.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.3.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Why was I not stillborn;</p><p class="poem">why didn’t I die as I came from the womb?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.3.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.3.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Why did the knees receive me,</p><p class="poem">and why were there breasts for me to nurse?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.3.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.3.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Now I would certainly be lying down in peace;</p><p class="poem">I would be asleep.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.3.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">Then I would be at rest<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.3.13.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.3.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>with the kings and counselors<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.3.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> of the earth,</p><p class="poem">who rebuilt ruined cities for themselves,</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.3.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>or with princes who had gold,</p><p class="poem">who filled their houses<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.3.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> with silver.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.3.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Or why was I not hidden like a miscarried child,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.3.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">like infants who never see daylight?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.3.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>There the wicked<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.3.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> cease to make trouble,</p><p class="poem">and there the weary find rest.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.3.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The captives are completely at rest;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.3.18.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">they do not hear a taskmaster’s voice.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.3.18.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.3.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Both small and great are there,</p><p class="poem">and the slave is set free from his master.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.3.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.3.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Why is light given to one burdened with grief,</p><p class="poem">and life to those whose existence is bitter,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.3.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.3.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>who wait for death,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.3.21.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> but it does not come,</p><p class="poem">and search for it more than for hidden treasure,</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.3.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>who are filled with much joy</p><p class="poem">and are glad when they reach the grave?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.3.22.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.3.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Why is life given to a man whose path is hidden,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.3.23.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">whom God has hedged in?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.3.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>I sigh when food<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.3.24.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> is put before me,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.3.24.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">and my groans pour out like water.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.3.24.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.3.25" /> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>For the thing I feared has overtaken me,</p><p class="poem">and what I dreaded has happened to me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.3.25.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.3.26" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>I cannot relax or be calm;</p><p class="poem">I have no rest,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.3.26.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> for turmoil has come.</p></blockquote><p class="supertitle">First Series of Speeches</p><br /><section id="footnotes-Job.3" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Job.3.6.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.3.6">3:6</a></span> LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg; MT reads <span class="italic">rejoice</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.3.6.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.3.6">3:6</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">or enter the number of months</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.3.9.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.3.9">3:9</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">the eyelids</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.3.24.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.3.24">3:24</a></span> Or <span class="italic">My sighing serves as my food</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Job.3" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Job.3.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.3.3">3:3</a></span> Jb 5:7; Pr 23:25; Is 7:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.3.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.3.5">3:5</a></span> Jb 10:21–22; 12:22; 28:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.3.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.3.7">3:7</a></span> Jb 20:5; Ps 63:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.3.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.3.8">3:8</a></span> Nm 22:11,17; Jb 5:3; Pr 11:26</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.3.8.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.3.8">3:8</a></span> Jb 41; Ps 74:14; 104:26</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.3.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.3.10">3:10-11</a></span> Jb 1:21; 10:17–18; Jr 20:17–18</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.3.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.3.12">3:12</a></span> Sg 8:1; Is 66:12; Jl 2:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.3.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.3.13">3:13</a></span> Ps 13:3; Jr 51:39,57; Mt 8:24</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.3.13.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.3.13">3:13</a></span> Jb 17:16; Dn 12:13; Rv 14:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.3.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.3.14">3:14</a></span> Is 14:9; Jr 51:57; Ezk 32:29</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.3.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.3.15">3:15</a></span> Jb 17:13; 30:23; Ec 12:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.3.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.3.16">3:16</a></span> Nm 12:12; Ps 58:8; Ec 6:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.3.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.3.17">3:17</a></span> Jb 9:22; 11:20; 18:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.3.18.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.3.18">3:18</a></span> Pr 1:33; Jr 30:10; 46:27</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.3.18.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.3.18">3:18</a></span> Ex 3:7; 5:10,13–14; Jb 39:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.3.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.3.19">3:19</a></span> Jb 9:22; Ec 9:2–3; Is 14:9–10</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.3.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.3.20">3:20</a></span> Jb 23:2; Ps 71:20; Lm 1:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.3.21.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.3.21">3:21</a></span> 1Kg 19:4; Jb 7:15; Jnh 4:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.3.22.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.3.22">3:22</a></span> Jb 5:26; 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