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

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

2 And Job spake, and said,

2 And Job answered and said:

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

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

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

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

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

5 ¶ 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 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.

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

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

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

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

9 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:

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

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

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

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

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

12 ¶ Why did the knees receive me?
Or why the breasts, that I should suck?

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

13 ¶ For now should I have lien down and been quiet;
I should have slept; then had I been at rest.

14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;

14 ¶ With kings and counsellors of the earth,
Which built up waste places for themselves;

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

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

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

16 ¶ Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been;
As infants which never saw light.

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

17 ¶ There the wicked cease from troubling;
And there the weary be at rest.

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

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

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

19 ¶ The small and great are there;
And the servant is free from his master.

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

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

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

21 ¶ 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?

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

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

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

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

24 ¶ For my sighing cometh before I eat,
And my roarings are poured out like water.

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

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

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

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