^{1 Ref} After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.

^{2 Ref} And Job answered and said:

^{3 Ref} Let the day perish wherein I was born, And the night which said, There is a man-child conceived.

^{4 Ref} Let that day be darkness; Let not God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine upon it.

^{5 Ref} Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own; Let a cloud dwell upon it; Let all that maketh black the day terrify it.

⁶ As for that night, let thick darkness seize upon it: Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not come into the number of the months.

^{7 Ref} Lo, let that night be barren; Let no joyful voice come therein.

^{8 Ref} Let them curse it that curse the day, Who are ready to rouse up leviathan.

^{9 Ref} Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark: Let it look for light, but have none; Neither let it behold the eyelids of the morning:

^{10 Ref} Because it shut not up the doors of my `mother's' womb, Nor hid trouble from mine eyes.

^{11 Ref} Why died I not from the womb? Why did I not give up the ghost when my mother bare me?

^{12 Ref} Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breast, that I should suck?

^{13 Ref} For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then had I been at rest,

^{14 Ref} With kings and counsellors of the earth, Who built up waste places for themselves;

^{15 Ref} Or with princes that had gold, Who filled their houses with silver:

^{16 Ref} Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light.

^{17 Ref} There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest.

^{18 Ref} There the prisoners are at ease together; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.

^{19 Ref} The small and the great are there: And the servant is free from his master.

^{20 Ref} Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul;

^{21 Ref} Who long for death, but it cometh not, And dig for it more than for hid treasures;

²² Who rejoice exceedingly, And are glad, when they can find the grave?

^{23 Ref} `Why is light given' to a man whose way is hid, And whom God hath hedged in?

^{24 Ref} For my sighing cometh before I eat, And my groanings are poured out like water.

^{25 Ref} For the thing which I fear cometh upon me, And that which I am afraid of cometh unto me.

^{26 Ref} I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest; But trouble cometh.

^{1 Ref} After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.

^{2 Ref} And Job spake, and said,

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

^{4 Ref} Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

^{5 Ref} Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

⁶ As 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.

^{7 Ref} Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.

^{8 Ref} Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.

^{9 Ref} Let 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:

^{10 Ref} Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.

^{11 Ref} Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?

^{12 Ref} Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?

^{13 Ref} For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

^{14 Ref} With kings and counsellors of the earth, which build desolate places for themselves;

^{15 Ref} Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:

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

^{17 Ref} There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

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

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

^{20 Ref} Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

^{21 Ref} Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;

²² Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?

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

^{24 Ref} For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.

^{25 Ref} For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.

^{26 Ref} I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.