II. Job’s Dialogue With His Friends
(3:1-27:33) 1
3:1 After this Job opened his mouth 2 and cursed 3 the day he was born. 4 3:2 Job spoke up 5 and said:
3:3 “Let the day on which 6 I was born 7 perish,
and the night that said, 8
‘A man 9 has been conceived!’ 10
3:4 That day 11 – let it be darkness; 12
let not God on high regard 13 it,
nor let light shine 14 on it!
3:5 Let darkness and the deepest
shadow 15 claim it; 16
let a cloud settle on it;
let whatever blackens the day 17 terrify it!
3:6 That night – let darkness seize 18 it;
let it not be included 19 among the days of the year;
let it not enter among the number of the months! 20
3:7 Indeed, 21 let that night be barren; 22
let no shout of joy 23 penetrate 24 it!
3:8 Let those who curse the day 25 curse it 26 –
those who are prepared to rouse 27 Leviathan. 28
3:9 Let its morning stars 29 be darkened;
let it wait 30 for daylight but find none, 31
nor let it see the first rays 32 of dawn,
3:10 because it 33 did not shut the doors 34 of my mother’s womb on me, 35
nor did it hide trouble 36 from my eyes!