Job 3:1-11

Job Curses His Birth

Job 3:1-11
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At length, Iyov broke the silence and cursed the day of his [birth].
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Iyov said,
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"Perish the day I was born and the night that said, 'A man is conceived.'
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May that day be darkness, may God on high not seek it, may no light shine on it,
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may gloom dark as death defile it, may clouds settle on it, may it be terrified by its own blackness.
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"As for that night, may thick darkness seize it, may it not be joined to the days of the year, may it not be numbered among the months;
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may that night be desolate, may no cry of joy be heard in it;
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may those who curse days curse it, those who[se curses] could rouse Livyatan;
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may the stars of its twilight be dark, may it look for light but get none, may it never see the shimmer of dawn
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because it didn't shut the doors of the womb I was in and shield my eyes from trouble.
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"If I had been stillborn, if I had died at birth,
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