Job

Chapter 3

Job Laments

Job Laments His Birth

• 1. AFTER this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
  
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    • אַחֲרֵי־כֵן פָּתַח אִיּוֹב אֶת־פִּיהוּ וַיְקַלֵּל אֶת־יוֹמֽוֹ׃ פ
• 2. And Job spake, and said,
  
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    • וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃
• 3. Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
  
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    • יֹאבַד יוֹם אִוָּלֶד בּוֹ וְהַלַּיְלָה אָמַר הֹרָה גָֽבֶר׃
• 4. Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
  
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    • הַיּוֹם הַהוּא יְֽהִי חֹשֶׁךְ אַֽל־יִדְרְשֵׁהוּ אֱלוֹהַּ מִמָּעַל וְאַל־תּוֹפַע עָלָיו נְהָרָֽה׃
• 5. Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
  
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    • יִגְאָלֻהוּ חֹשֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָוֶת תִּשְׁכָּן־עָלָיו עֲנָנָה יְבַעֲתֻהוּ כִּֽמְרִירֵי יֽוֹם׃
• 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.
  
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    • הַלַּיְלָה הַהוּא יִקָּחֵהוּ אֹפֶל אַל־יִחַדְּ בִּימֵי שָׁנָה בְּמִסְפַּר יְרָחִים אַל־יָבֹֽא׃
• 7. Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
  
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    • הִנֵּה הַלַּיְלָה הַהוּא יְהִי גַלְמוּד אַל־תָּבֹא רְנָנָה בֽוֹ׃
• 8. Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
  
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    • יִקְּבֻהוּ אֹרְרֵי־יוֹם הָעֲתִידִים עֹרֵר לִוְיָתָֽן׃
• 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:
  
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    • יֶחְשְׁכוּ כּוֹכְבֵי נִשְׁפּוֹ יְקַו־לְאוֹר וָאַיִן וְאַל־יִרְאֶה בְּעַפְעַפֵּי־שָֽׁחַר׃
• 10. Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.
  
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    • כִּי לֹא סָגַר דַּלְתֵי בִטְנִי וַיַּסְתֵּר עָמָל מֵעֵינָֽי׃
• 11. Why died I not from the womb? why did I give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
  
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    • לָמָּה לֹּא מֵרֶחֶם אָמוּת מִבֶּטֶן יָצָאתִי וְאֶגְוָֽע׃
• 12. Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
  
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    • מַדּוּעַ קִדְּמוּנִי בִרְכָּיִם וּמַה־שָּׁדַיִם כִּי אִינָֽק׃
• 13. For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
  
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    • כִּֽי־עַתָּה שָׁכַבְתִּי וְאֶשְׁקוֹט יָשַׁנְתִּי אָז יָנוּחַֽ לִֽי׃
• 14. With kings and counsellers of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;
  
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    • עִם־מְלָכִים וְיֹעֲצֵי אָרֶץ הַבֹּנִים חֳרָבוֹת לָֽמוֹ׃
• 15. Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
  
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    • אוֹ עִם־שָׂרִים זָהָב לָהֶם הַֽמְמַלְאִים בָּתֵּיהֶם כָּֽסֶף׃
• 16. Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
  
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    • אוֹ כְנֵפֶל טָמוּן לֹא אֶהְיֶה כְּעֹלְלִים לֹא־רָאוּ אֽוֹר׃
• 17. There the wicked cease from troubling: and there the weary be at rest.
  
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    • שָׁם רְשָׁעִים חָדְלוּ רֹגֶז וְשָׁם יָנוּחוּ יְגִיעֵי כֹֽחַ׃
• 18. There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
  
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    • יַחַד אֲסִירִים שַׁאֲנָנוּ לֹא שָׁמְעוּ קוֹל נֹגֵֽשׂ׃
• 19. The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
  
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    • קָטֹן וְגָדוֹל שָׁם הוּא וְעֶבֶד חָפְשִׁי מֵאֲדֹנָֽיו׃
• 20. Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
  
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    • לָמָּה יִתֵּן לְעָמֵל אוֹר וְחַיִּים לְמָרֵי נָֽפֶשׁ׃
• 21. Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
  
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    • הַֽמְחַכִּים לַמָּוֶת וְאֵינֶנּוּ וַֽיַּחְפְּרֻהוּ מִמַּטְמוֹנִֽים׃
• 22. Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
  
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    • הַשְּׂמֵחִים אֱלֵי־גִיל יָשִׂישׂוּ כִּי יִמְצְאוּ־קָֽבֶר׃
• 23. Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
  
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    • לְגֶבֶר אֲשֶׁר־דַּרְכּוֹ נִסְתָּרָה וַיָּסֶךְ אֱלוֹהַּ בַּעֲדֽוֹ׃
• 24. For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
  
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    • כִּֽי־לִפְנֵי לַחְמִי אַנְחָתִי תָבֹא וַֽיִּתְּכוּ כַמַּיִם שַׁאֲגֹתָֽי׃
• 25. For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
  
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    • כִּי פַחַד פָּחַדְתִּי וַיֶּאֱתָיֵנִי וַאֲשֶׁר יָגֹרְתִּי יָבֹא לִֽי׃
• 26. I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
  
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    • לֹא שָׁלַוְתִּי וְלֹא שָׁקַטְתִּי וְֽלֹא־נָחְתִּי וַיָּבֹא רֹֽגֶז׃ פ

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