Job 3

KJVAfter this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.

GIGAKJVAfter this Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day.

KJVAnd Job spake, and said,

GIGAKJVAnd Job spoke, and said,

KJVLet the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.

GIGAKJVLet the day perish in which I was born, and the night in which it was said, A male child is conceived.

KJVLet that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

GIGAKJVLet that day be darkness. Do not let God regard it from above, neither let the light shine on it.

KJVLet darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

GIGAKJVLet darkness and the shadow of death stain it. Let a cloud live on it. Let the blackness of the day terrify it.

KJVAs for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.

GIGAKJVAs for that night, let darkness seize on it. Let it not be joined to the days of the year. Let it not come into the number of the months.

KJVLo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.

GIGAKJVLet that night be solitary. Let no joyful voice come in it.

KJVLet them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.

GIGAKJVLet those who curse the day curse it, who are ready to raise up their mourning.

KJVLet the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

GIGAKJVLet the stars of its twilight be dark. Let it look for light, but have none, neither let it see the dawning of the day.

KJVBecause it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.

GIGAKJVBecause it did not shut up the doors of my mother's womb, or hide sorrow from my eyes.

KJVWhy died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?

GIGAKJVWhy did I not die from the womb? Why did I not die when I came out of the belly?

KJVWhy did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?

GIGAKJVWhy did the knees receive me? Or why the breasts that I should suck?

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

GIGAKJVFor now I would have lain still and been quiet. I would have slept. Then I would have been at rest,

KJVWith kings and counsellors of the earth, which build desolate places for themselves;

GIGAKJVWith kings and advisers of the earth, who build ruins for themselves,

KJVOr with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:

GIGAKJVOr with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver,

KJVOr as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.

GIGAKJVOr as a hidden untimely birth I would not have been, as infants who never saw light.

KJVThere the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

GIGAKJVThere the wicked stop troubling, and there the weary are at rest.

KJVThere the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.

GIGAKJVThere the prisoners rest together. They do not hear the voice of the oppressor.

KJVThe small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.

GIGAKJVThe small and the great are there, and the servant is free from his master.

KJVWherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

GIGAKJVWhy is light given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul,

KJVWhich long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;

GIGAKJVWho long for death, but it does not come, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,

KJVWhich rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?

GIGAKJVWho rejoice greatly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?

KJVWhy is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

GIGAKJVWhy is light given to a man whose way is hidden, and who God has hedged in?

KJVFor my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.

GIGAKJVFor my sighing comes before I eat, and my groans are poured out like the waters.

KJVFor the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.

GIGAKJVFor the thing I greatly feared has come on me, and that which I was afraid of has come to me.

KJVI was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.

GIGAKJVI was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet. Yet trouble came.