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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></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" 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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">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h5 class="sp">Job's First Speech</h5><h3 class="s1">Blot Out the Day of My Birth</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v18_3_1"><span class="reftext" id="Job.3.1" class="v18_3_1">1</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Job.3.1!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Finally, Job cursed the day</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_3_1">of his birth</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_3_2"><span class="reftext" id="Job.3.2" class="v18_3_2">2</span>by saying to God:</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_3_3"><span class="reftext" id="Job.3.3" class="v18_3_3">3</span>Blot out the day of my birth</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_3_3">and the night when my parents</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_3_3">created a son.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_3_4"><span class="reftext" id="Job.3.4" class="v18_3_4">4</span>Forget about that day,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_3_4">cover it with darkness,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_3_5"><span class="reftext" id="Job.3.5" class="v18_3_5">5</span>and send thick, gloomy shadows</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_3_5">to fill it with dread.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_3_6"><span class="reftext" id="Job.3.6" class="v18_3_6">6</span>Erase that night from the calendar</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_3_6">and conceal it with darkness.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_3_7"><span class="reftext" id="Job.3.7" class="v18_3_7">7</span>Don't let children be created</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_3_7">or joyful shouts be heard</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_3_7">ever again in that night.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_3_8"><span class="reftext" id="Job.3.8" class="v18_3_8">8</span>Let those with magic powers<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.3.8!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_3_8">place a curse on that day.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_3_9"><span class="reftext" id="Job.3.9" class="v18_3_9">9</span>Darken its morning stars</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_3_9">and remove all hope of light,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_3_10"><span class="reftext" id="Job.3.10" class="v18_3_10">10</span>because it let me be born</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_3_10">into a world of trouble.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Why Didn't I Die at Birth?</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v18_3_11"><span class="reftext" id="Job.3.11" class="v18_3_11">11</span>Why didn't I die at birth?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_3_12"><span class="reftext" id="Job.3.12" class="v18_3_12">12</span>Why was I accepted<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.3.12!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_3_12">and allowed to nurse</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_3_12">at my mother's breast?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_3_13"><span class="reftext" id="Job.3.13" class="v18_3_13">13</span>Now I would be at peace</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_3_13">in the silent world below</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_3_14"><span class="reftext" id="Job.3.14" class="v18_3_14">14</span>with kings and their advisors</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_3_14">whose palaces lie in ruins,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_3_15"><span class="reftext" id="Job.3.15" class="v18_3_15">15</span>and with rulers once rich</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_3_15">with silver and gold.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_3_16"><span class="reftext" id="Job.3.16" class="v18_3_16">16</span>I wish I had been born dead</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_3_16">and then buried, never to see</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_3_16">the light of day.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_3_17"><span class="reftext" id="Job.3.17" class="v18_3_17">17</span>In the world of the dead,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_3_17">the wicked and the weary rest</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_3_17">without a worry.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_3_17">* </span><span class="v18_3_18"><span class="reftext" id="Job.3.18" class="v18_3_18">18</span>Everyone is there—</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_3_19"><span class="reftext" id="Job.3.19" class="v18_3_19">19</span>where captives and slaves</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_3_19">are free at last.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Why Does God Let Me Live?</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v18_3_20"><span class="reftext" id="Job.3.20" class="v18_3_20">20</span>Why does God let me live</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_3_20">when life is miserable</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_3_20">and so bitter?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_3_21"><span class="reftext" id="Job.3.21" class="v18_3_21">21</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Job.3.21!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> I keep longing for death</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_3_21">more than I would seek</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_3_21">a valuable treasure.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_3_22"><span class="reftext" id="Job.3.22" class="v18_3_22">22</span>Nothing could make me happier</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_3_22">than to be in the grave.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_3_23"><span class="reftext" id="Job.3.23" class="v18_3_23">23</span>Why do I go on living</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_3_23">when God has me surrounded,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_3_23">and I can't see the road?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_3_24"><span class="reftext" id="Job.3.24" class="v18_3_24">24</span>Moaning and groaning</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_3_24">are my food and drink,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_3_25"><span class="reftext" id="Job.3.25" class="v18_3_25">25</span>and my worst fears</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_3_25">have all come true.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_3_26"><span class="reftext" id="Job.3.26" class="v18_3_26">26</span>I have no peace or rest—</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_3_26">only troubles and worries.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">3.8 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">those with magic powers: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The Hebrew text has “those who can place a curse on the day and rouse up Leviathan,” which was some kind of sea monster. God's victory over this monster sometimes stood for God's power over all creation and sometimes for his defeat of his enemies (see Isaiah 27.1). In Job 41.1, Leviathan is either a sea monster or a crocodile with almost supernatural powers.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">3.12 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Why was I accepted: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The Hebrew text has “Why were there knees to receive me,” which may refer either to Job's mother or to his father, who would have placed Job on his knees to show that he had accepted him as his child.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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