Verse 14
Job 3:14
Free Bible Version
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Why wasn't I a miscarriage, buried in secret, a baby who never saw the light?
Original Language Text
hebrew
עִם מְ֭לָכִים וְ/יֹ֣עֲצֵי אָ֑רֶץ הַ/בֹּנִ֖ים חֳרָב֣וֹת לָֽ/מוֹ
English Translation
With kings and advisors of the earth, who build ruins for them.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 3 Context
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After this Job began speaking, cursing the day of his birth.
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He said,
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“Wipe out the day I was born, and the night when it was announced that a boy had been conceived.
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Turn that day to darkness. God (Elohim) above should not remember it. Don't let light shine on it.
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Take it back, darkness and death-shadow. A black cloud should overshadow it. It should be as terrify...
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Blot out that night as if it never existed. Don't count it on the calendar. Don't let it have a day...
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Let that night be childless, with no sounds of happiness heard.
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Those who place curses on certain days should curse it, those who have the power to raise Leviathan.
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Its early morning stars should stay dark. Looking for light, may none come, may it not see the glimm...
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Why wasn't I stillborn? Why didn't I die at birth?
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Why was there a lap for me to lie on, or breasts for me to suck?
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For now I would be lying down in peace. I would be sleeping and at rest,
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along with the kings of this world and their officials whose palaces now lie in ruins,
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Why wasn't I a miscarriage, buried in secret, a baby who never saw the light?
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There in the grave the wicked give no more trouble, and those whose strength is gone have their rest...
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There prisoners take it easy—they don't hear the commands of their oppressors.
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Both small and great are there, and slaves are freed from their masters.
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Why does God (Elohim) give life to those who are suffering, living bitterly miserable lives,
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those who are waiting for death that does not come and who are looking for death more desperately th...
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They're so incredibly happy when they reach the grave!
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Why is light given to someone who doesn't know where they're going, someone God (Elohim) has fenced...
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My groans are the bread I eat; my raging tears are the water I drink.
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For all that I feared has happened to me; everything that I dreaded has come upon me.
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I have no peace, no quiet, no rest. All that comes is rage.”
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