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Job’s Opening Speech

|Jó 3:1| After this, Job began to speak and cursed the day he was born.

|Jó 3:2| He said:

|Jó 3:3| May the day I was born perish, and the night when they said, “A boy is conceived.” ^a

|Jó 3:4| If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above not care about it, or light shine on it.

|Jó 3:5| May darkness and gloom ^b reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it. May an eclipse of the sun ¹ terrify it.

|Jó 3:6| If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear ² among the days of the year or be listed in the calendar. ³

|Jó 3:7| Yes, may that night be barren; may no joyful shout ^c be heard in it.

|Jó 3:8| Let those who curse certain days cast a spell ^d on it, those who are skilled in rousing Leviathan. ^e

|Jó 3:9| May its morning stars grow dark. May it wait for daylight but have none; may it not see the breaking ⁴ of dawn.

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|Jó 3:10| For that night did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb, and hide sorrow from my eyes.