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<t><p class="indent1">Let God above not care about it, <t><p class="indent1">Nor light shine on it. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Let darkness and gloom claim it for their own; <t><p class="indent1">Let a cloud settle upon it; <t><p class="indent1">Let all that blackens the day terrify it (the day that I was born). <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“As for that night, let darkness seize it; <t><p class="indent1">Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; <t><p class="indent1">Let it not be counted in the number of the months. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“Behold, let that night be barren [and empty]; <t><p class="indent1">Let no joyful voice enter it. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“Let those curse it <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>who curse the day, <t><p class="indent1">Who are skilled in rousing up Leviathan. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“Let the stars of its early dawn be dark; <t><p class="indent1">Let <i>the morning</i> wait in vain for the light, <t><p class="indent1">Let it not see the eyelids of morning (the day’s dawning), <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Because it did not shut the doors of my <i>mother’s</i> womb, <t><p class="indent1">Nor hide trouble from my eyes. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“Why did I not die at birth, <t><p class="indent1">Come forth from the womb and expire? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“Why did the knees receive me? <t><p class="indent1">And why the breasts, that I would nurse? <poetry><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; <t><p class="indent1">I would have slept then, I would have been at rest [in death], <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>With kings and counselors of the earth, <t><p class="indent1">Who built up [now desolate] ruins for themselves; <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Or with princes who had gold, <t><p class="indent1">Who filled their houses with silver. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“Or like a miscarriage which is hidden <i>and</i> put away, I would not exist, <t><p class="indent1">Like infants who never saw light. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“There [in death] the wicked cease from raging, <t><p class="indent1">And there the weary are at rest. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“There the prisoners rest together; <t><p class="indent1">They do not hear the taskmaster’s voice. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“The small and the great are there, <t><p class="indent1">And the servant is free from his master. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“Why is the light given to him who is in misery, <t><p class="indent1">And life to the bitter in soul, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Who wait for death, but it does not come, <t><p class="indent1">And dig (search) for death more [diligently] than for hidden treasures, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Who rejoice exceedingly, <t><p class="indent1">And rejoice when they find the grave? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>“<i>Why is the light of day given</i> to a man whose way is hidden, <t><p class="indent1">And whom God has hedged in? <poetry><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, <t><p class="indent1">And my cries [of despair] are poured out like water. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“For the thing which I greatly fear comes upon me, <t><p class="indent1">And that of which I am afraid has come upon me. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/3-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“I am not at ease, nor am I quiet, <t><p class="indent1">And I am not at rest, and yet trouble still comes [upon me].”<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> The prose introduction ends at v 1 and the poetic heart of the book begins with v 2. One of the features of Hebrew poetry is the prevalence of pairs of statements in which the second statement either is parallel in thought to the first or contrasts with it. There is no rhyming or metrical correspondence.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> Some ancient sorcerers claimed the ability to curse a day by calling up a terrifying, legendary creature, such as Leviathan, to devour the sun.<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015<br>by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved <a href="http://www.lockman.org">www.lockman.org</a><br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>                                                                                                                                <span class="p"><br /><br /></span></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><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>