Job Laments His Birth
After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. Jer 20:14-15Psa 106:33Psa 39:2-3Job 1:22Job 2:5Job 2:9-10Job 3:3Job 35:16 And this is what he said: Jdg 18:14
“May the day of my birth perish, Jer 20:14-18Jer 15:10Job 10:18-19
and the night it was said,
‘A boy is conceived.’
If only that day had turned to darkness! Act 27:20Amo 5:18Deu 11:12Exo 10:22-23Jol 2:2Mat 27:45Rev 16:10
May God above disregard it;
may no light shine upon it.
May darkness and gloom reclaim it, Job 10:21-22Job 28:3Jer 2:6Psa 23:4Deu 4:11Ezk 34:12Isa 9:2Jer 13:16
and a cloud settle over it;
may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
If only darkness had taken that night away!
May it not appear among the days of the year;
may it never be entered in any of the months.
Behold, may that night be barren; Isa 13:20-22Isa 24:8Jer 7:34Rev 18:22-23
may no joyful voice come into it.
May it be cursed by those who curse the day 1— Job 41:1Job 41:102Ch 35:25Amo 5:16Jer 9:17-18Job 41:25Mat 11:17Mrk 5:38
those prepared to rouse Leviathan.
May its morning stars grow dark; Job 41:18Jer 13:16Jer 8:15Job 30:26
may it wait in vain for daylight;
may it not see the breaking of dawn.
For that night did not shut the doors of the womb Ecc 6:3-5Gen 20:18Jer 20:171Sa 1:5Ecc 11:10Gen 29:31Job 10:1Job 23:2
to hide the sorrow from my eyes.
Why did I not perish at birth; Isa 46:3Job 10:18-19Hos 9:14Jer 15:10Psa 139:13-16Psa 22:9-10Psa 58:8Psa 71:6
why did I not die as I came from the womb?
Why were there knees to receive me, Gen 30:3Isa 66:12Gen 50:23Ezk 16:4-5
and breasts that I should be nursed?
For now I would be lying down in peace; Ecc 9:10Job 14:10-12Job 21:13Ecc 6:3-5Job 10:22Job 17:13Job 19:27Job 21:23
I would be asleep and at rest
with kings and counselors of the earth, Job 15:28Isa 14:10-16Psa 49:14Psa 89:481Ki 11:43Ecc 8:8Ezk 26:20Ezk 27:18-32
who built for themselves cities now in ruins,
or with princes who had gold, 1Ki 10:27Job 22:25Zep 1:18Isa 2:7Job 12:21Job 27:16-17Num 22:18Zec 9:3
who filled their houses with silver.
Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, Psa 58:8Ecc 6:31Co 15:8
like an infant who never sees daylight?
There the wicked cease from raging, Rev 14:13Job 17:16Heb 4:11Heb 4:9Isa 57:1-2Job 14:132Th 1:6-7Luk 12:4
and there the weary find rest.
The captives enjoy their ease; Job 39:7Exo 5:15-19Exo 5:6-8Isa 14:3-4Jdg 4:3
they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.
Both small and great are there, Ecc 12:7Ecc 8:8Job 30:23Ecc 12:5Heb 9:27Luk 16:22-23Psa 49:14-20Psa 49:2
and the slave is freed from his master.
Why is light given to the miserable, Jer 20:18Job 7:15-161Sa 1:10Pro 31:62Ki 4:27Job 3:16Job 33:30Job 6:9
and life to the bitter of soul,
who long for death that does not come, Rev 9:6Pro 2:41Ki 19:4Jon 4:3Jon 4:8Num 11:15
and search for it like hidden treasure,
who rejoice and greatly exult
when they can find the grave?
Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, Job 19:8Lam 3:7Isa 40:27Hos 2:6Job 12:14Job 19:12Lam 3:9Psa 31:8
whom God has hedged in?
I sigh when food is put before me, Psa 102:9Psa 42:3-4Psa 80:5Psa 38:8Isa 59:11Job 33:20Job 6:7Job 7:19
and my groans pour out like water.
For the thing I feared has overtaken me, Job 1:5Job 30:15Job 31:23
and what I dreaded has befallen me.
I am not at ease or quiet; Job 7:14Job 27:9Psa 143:11
I have no rest, for trouble has come.”