3:1 After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day.
3:1 After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day.

3:2 And Job spoke, and said,
3:2 And Job spoke, and said,

3:3 Let the day perish in which I was born, and the night {in which} it was said, There is a man child conceived.
3:3 Let the day perish when I was born, and the night {in which} it was said, There is a man child conceived.

3:4 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
3:4 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

3:5 Let darkness and the shades of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
3:5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

3:6 As {for} that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined to the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
3:6 As {for} that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined to the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.

3:7 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
3:7 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come in it.

3:8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
3:8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.

3:9 Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it look for light, but {have} none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
3:9 Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it look for light, but {have} none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

3:10 Because it prevented not my birth, nor hid sorrow from my eyes.
3:10 Because it shut not up the doors of my {mother's} womb, nor hid sorrow from my eyes.

3:11 Why died I not from the womb? {why} did I {not} expire at the time of my birth?
3:11 Why died I not from the womb? {why} did I {not} give up the ghost when I came out of the womb?

3:12 Why did the knees receive me? or why the breasts that I should be nursed?
3:12 Why did the knees receive me? or why the breasts that I should be nursed?

3:13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
3:13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

3:14 With kings and counselors of the earth, who built desolate places for themselves;
3:14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, who built desolate places for themselves;

3:15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
3:15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:

3:16 Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants {which} never saw light.
3:16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants {which} never saw light.

3:17 There the wicked cease {from} troubling; and there the weary are at rest.
3:17 There the wicked cease {from} troubling; and there the weary are at rest.

3:18 {There} the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
3:18 {There} the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.

3:19 The small and great are there; and the servant {is} free from his master.
3:19 The small and great are there; and the servant {is} free from his master.

3:20 Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to the bitter {in} soul;
3:20 Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to the bitter {in} soul;

3:21 Who long for death, but it {cometh} not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
3:21 Who long for death, but it {cometh} not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;

3:22 Who rejoice exceedingly, {and} are glad, when they can find the grave?
3:22 Who rejoice exceedingly, {and} are glad, when they can find the grave?

3:23 {Why is light given} to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
3:23 {Why is light given} to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

3:24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
3:24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.

3:25 For the thing which I greatly feared hath come upon me, and that which I dreaded hath come to me.
3:25 For the thing which I greatly feared hath come upon me, and that which I feared hath come to me.

3:26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
3:26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.