Job 3:1

AMP: After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.

ASV: After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.

BSB: After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.

DARBY: After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed his day.

DRA: After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day,

KJV: After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.

Job 3:2

AMP: And Job said,

ASV: And Job answered and said:

BSB: And this is what he said:

DARBY: And Job answered and said,

DRA: and he said:

KJV: And Job spake, and said,

Job 3:3

AMP: “Let the day on which I was born perish,And the night which announced: ‘There is a man-child conceived.’

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

BSB: “May the day of my birth perish,and the night it was said,‘A boy is conceived.’

DARBY: Let the day perish in which I was born, and the night that said, There is a man child conceived.

DRA: Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said: A man child is conceived.

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

Job 3:4

AMP: “May that day be darkness;Let God above not care about it,Nor light shine on it.

ASV: Let that day be darkness; Let not God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine upon it.

BSB: If only that day had turned to darkness!May God above disregard it;may no light shine upon it.

DARBY: That day let it be darkness, let not God care for it from above, neither let light shine upon it:

DRA: Let that day be turned into darkness, let not God regard it from above, and let not the light shine upon it.

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

Job 3:5

AMP: “Let darkness and gloom claim it for their own;Let a cloud settle upon it;Let all that blackens the day terrify it (the day that I was born).

ASV: 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.

BSB: May darkness and gloom reclaim it,and a cloud settle over it;may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.

DARBY: Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it; let clouds dwell upon it; let darkeners of the day terrify it.

DRA: Let darkness, and the shadow of death cover it, let a mist overspread it, and let it be wrapped up in bitterness.

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

Job 3:6

AMP: “As for that night, let darkness seize it;Let it not rejoice among the days of the year;Let it not be counted in the number of the months.

ASV: 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.

BSB: 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.

DARBY: That night let gloom seize upon it; let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.

DRA: Let a darksome whirlwind seize upon that night, let it not be counted in the days of the year, nor numbered in the months.

KJV: 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.

Job 3:7

AMP: “Behold, let that night be barren [and empty];Let no joyful voice enter it.

ASV: Lo, let that night be barren; Let no joyful voice come therein.

BSB: Behold, may that night be barren;may no joyful voice come into it.

DARBY: Behold, let that night be barren; let no joyful sound come therein;

DRA: Let that night be solitary, and not worthy of praise.

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

Job 3:8

AMP: “Let those curse it who curse the day,Who are skilled in rousing up Leviathan.

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

BSB: May it be cursed by those who curse the day —those prepared to rouse Leviathan.

DARBY: Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to rouse Leviathan;

DRA: Let them curse it who curse the day. who are ready to raise up a leviathan:

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

Job 3:9

AMP: “Let the stars of its early dawn be dark;Let the morning wait in vain for the light,Let it not see the eyelids of morning (the day’s dawning),

ASV: 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:

BSB: May its morning stars grow dark;may it wait in vain for daylight;may it not see the breaking of dawn.

DARBY: Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it wait for light, and have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the dawn:

DRA: Let the stars be darkened with the mist thereof: let it expect light and not see it, nor the rising of the dawning of the day:

KJV: 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:

Job 3:10

AMP: Because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb,Nor hide trouble from my eyes.

ASV: Because it shut not up the doors of my [mother`s] womb, Nor hid trouble from mine eyes.

BSB: For that night did not shut the doors of the wombto hide the sorrow from my eyes.

DARBY: Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, and hid not trouble from mine eyes.

DRA: Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, nor took away evils from my eyes.

KJV: Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.

Job 3:11

AMP: ¶“Why did I not die at birth,Come forth from the womb and expire?

ASV: Why died I not from the womb? Why did I not give up the ghost when my mother bare me?

BSB: Why did I not perish at birth;why did I not die as I came from the womb?

DARBY: Wherefore did I not die from the womb, come forth from the belly and expire?

DRA: Why did I not die in the womb, why did I not perish when I came out of the belly?

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

Job 3:12

AMP: “Why did the knees receive me?And why the breasts, that I would nurse?

ASV: Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breast, that I should suck?

BSB: Why were there knees to receive me,and breasts that I should be nursed?

DARBY: Why did the knees meet me? and wherefore the breasts, that I should suck?

DRA: Why received upon the knees? why suckled at the breasts ?

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

Job 3:13

AMP: “For now I would have lain down and been quiet;I would have slept then, I would have been at rest [in death],

ASV: For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then had I been at rest,

BSB: For now I would be lying down in peace;I would be asleep and at rest

DARBY: For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

DRA: For now I should have been asleep and still, and should have rest in my sleep.

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

Job 3:14

AMP: With kings and counselors of the earth,Who built up [now desolate] ruins for themselves;

ASV: With kings and counsellors of the earth, Who built up waste places for themselves;

BSB: with kings and counselors of the earth,who built for themselves cities now in ruins,

DARBY: With kings and counsellors of the earth, who build desolate places for themselves,

DRA: With kings and consuls of the earth, who build themselves solitudes:

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

Job 3:15

AMP: Or with princes who had gold,Who filled their houses with silver.

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

BSB: or with princes who had gold,who filled their houses with silver.

DARBY: Or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver;

DRA: Or with princes, that possess gold, and All their houses with silver:

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

Job 3:16

AMP: “Or like a miscarriage which is hidden and put away, I would not exist,Like infants who never saw light.

ASV: Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light.

BSB: Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child,like an infant who never sees daylight?

DARBY: Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants that have not seen the light.

DRA: Or as a hidden untimely birth I should not be, or as they that being conceived have not seen the light.

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

Job 3:17

AMP: “There [in death] the wicked cease from raging,And there the weary are at rest.

ASV: There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest.

BSB: There the wicked cease from raging,and there the weary find rest.

DARBY: There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the wearied are at rest.

DRA: There the wicked cease from tumult, and there the wearied in strength are at rest.

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

Job 3:18

AMP: “There the prisoners rest together;They do not hear the taskmaster’s voice.

ASV: There the prisoners are at ease together; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.

BSB: The captives enjoy their ease;they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.

DARBY: The prisoners together are at ease; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.

DRA: And they sometime bound together without disquiet, have not heard the voice of the oppressor.

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

Job 3:19

AMP: “The small and the great are there,And the servant is free from his master. [Jer 20:14-18]

ASV: The small and the great are there: And the servant is free from his master.

BSB: Both small and great are there,and the slave is freed from his master.

DARBY: The small and great are there, and the bondman freed from his master.

DRA: The small and great are there, and the servant is free from his master.

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

Job 3:20

AMP: ¶“Why is the light given to him who is in misery,And life to the bitter in soul,

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

BSB: Why is light given to the miserable,and life to the bitter of soul,

DARBY: Wherefore is light given to him that is in trouble, and life to those bitter of soul,

DRA: Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to them that are in bitterness of soul?

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

Job 3:21

AMP: Who wait for death, but it does not come,And dig (search) for death more [diligently] than for hidden treasures,

ASV: Who long for death, but it cometh not, And dig for it more than for hid treasures;

BSB: who long for death that does not come,and search for it like hidden treasure,

DARBY: Who long for death, and it [cometh] not, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;

DRA: That look for death, and it cometh not, as they that dig for a treasure:

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

Job 3:22

AMP: Who rejoice exceedingly,And rejoice when they find the grave?

ASV: Who rejoice exceedingly, And are glad, when they can find the grave?

BSB: who rejoice and greatly exultwhen they reach the grave?

DARBY: Who rejoice even exultingly and are glad when they find the grave?

DRA: And they rejoice exceedingly when they have found the grave.

KJV: Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?

Job 3:23

AMP: “Why is the light of day given to a man whose way is hidden,And whom God has hedged in?

ASV: [Why is light given] to a man whose way is hid, And whom God hath hedged in?

BSB: Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden,whom God has hedged in?

DARBY: To the man whose way is hidden, and whom God hath hedged in?

DRA: To a man whose way is hidden, and God hath surrounded him with darkness?

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

Job 3:24

AMP: “For my groaning comes at the sight of my food,And my cries [of despair] are poured out like water.

ASV: For my sighing cometh before I eat, And my groanings are poured out like water.

BSB: I sigh when food is put before me,and my groans pour out like water.

DARBY: For my sighing cometh before my bread, and my groanings are poured out like the waters.

DRA: Before I eat I sigh: and as overflowing waters, so is my roaring:

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

Job 3:25

AMP: “For the thing which I greatly fear comes upon me,And that of which I am afraid has come upon me.

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

BSB: For the thing I feared has overtaken me,and what I dreaded has befallen me.

DARBY: For I feared a fear, and it hath come upon me, and that which I dreaded hath come to me.

DRA: For the fear which I feared hath come upon me: and that which I was afraid of, hath befallen me.

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

Job 3:26

AMP: “I am not at ease, nor am I quiet,And I am not at rest, and yet trouble still comes [upon me].”

ASV: I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest; But trouble cometh.

BSB: I am not at ease or quiet;I have no rest, for trouble has come.”

DARBY: I was not in safety, neither had I quietness, neither was I at rest, and trouble came.

DRA: Have I not dissembled ? have I not kept silence ? have I not been quiet? and indignation is come upon me.

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

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