1 ¶ After this Job opened his mouth and cursed his day.

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

2 A nd Job spoke and said,

And Job answered and said:

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

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

4 L et that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above; neither let the light shine upon it.

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

5 L et darkness and the shadow of death redeem it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

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 A s 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.

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 O , let that night be solitary; let no song come therein!

Lo, let that night be barren; Let no joyful voice come therein.

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

Let them curse it that curse the day, Who are ready to rouse up leviathan.

9 L et the stars of its dawn be darkened; they waited for light, but have none; neither let them see the dawning of the day;

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 b ecause it did not shut up the doors of my mother’s womb nor hide the misery from my eyes.

Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, Nor hid trouble from mine eyes.

11 ¶ Why did I not die from the womb? Why did I not give up the spirit when I came out of the belly?

Why died I not from the womb? Why did I not give up the ghost when my mother bare me?

12 W hy did the knees receive me? Of what use the breasts that I should suck?

Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breast, that I should suck?

13 F or now I should have lain still and been quiet; I should have slept; then I would have been at rest,

For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then had I been at rest,

14 w ith the kings and the counsellors of the earth, who built desolate places for themselves;

With kings and counsellors of the earth, Who built up waste places for themselves;

15 o r with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver.

Or with princes that had gold, Who filled their houses with silver:

16 O r, why was I not hidden as an untimely birth, as infants who never saw light?

Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light.

17 T here the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary are at rest.

There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest.

18 T here the prisoners rest together, they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.

There the prisoners are at ease together; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.

19 T he small and the great are there, and the slave is free from his master.

The small and the great are there: And the servant is free from his master.

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

Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul;

21 w ho long for death, but it comes not; and search for it more than for hid treasures;

Who long for death, but it cometh not, And dig for it more than for hid treasures;

22 w ho rejoice exceedingly and are glad when they can find the grave;

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

23 t o the man who does not know which way he goes and whom God has hedged in?

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

24 F or my sighing comes before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.

For my sighing cometh before I eat, And my groanings are poured out like water.

25 F or the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.

For the thing which I fear cometh upon me, And that which I am afraid of cometh unto me.

26 I never had prosperity, nor did I secure myself, neither was I at rest; yet trouble came.

I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest; But trouble cometh.