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1. After this hath Job opened his mouth, and revileth his day.
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1. After H310 this H3651 opened H6605 Job H347 H853 his mouth H6310 , and cursed H7043 H853 his day H3117 .
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2. And Job answereth and saith: --
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2. And Job H347 spoke H6030 , and said H559 ,
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3. Let the day perish in which I am born, And the night that hath said: `A man-child hath been conceived.`
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3. Let the day H3117 perish H6 wherein I was born H3205 , and the night H3915 in which it was said H559 , There is a man child H1397 conceived H2029 .
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4. That day -- let it be darkness, Let not God require it from above, Nor let light shine upon it.
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4. Let that H1931 day H3117 be H1961 darkness H2822 ; let not H408 God H433 regard H1875 it from above H4480 H4605 , neither H408 let the light H5105 shine H3313 upon H5921 it.
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5. Let darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud tabernacle upon it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days.
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5. Let darkness H2822 and the shadow of death H6757 stain H1350 it ; let a cloud H6053 dwell H7931 upon H5921 it ; let the blackness H3650 of the day H3117 terrify H1204 it.
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6. That night -- let thick darkness take it, Let it not be united to days of the year, Into the number of months let it not come.
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6. As for that H1931 night H3915 , let darkness H652 seize upon H3947 it ; let it not H408 be joined H2302 unto the days H3117 of the year H8141 , let it not H408 come H935 into the number H4557 of the months H3391 .
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7. Lo! that night -- let it be gloomy, Let no singing come into it.
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7. Lo H2009 , let that H1931 night H3915 be H1961 solitary H1565 , let no H408 joyful voice H7445 come H935 therein.
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8. Let the cursers of day mark it, Who are ready to wake up Leviathan.
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8. Let them curse H5344 it that curse H779 the day H3117 , who are ready H6264 to raise up H5782 their mourning H3882 .
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9. Let the stars of its twilight be dark, Let it wait for light, and there is none, And let it not look on the eyelids of the dawn.
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9. Let the stars H3556 of the twilight H5399 thereof be dark H2821 ; let it look H6960 for light H216 , but have none H369 ; neither H408 let it see H7200 the dawning H6079 of the day H7837 :
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10. Because it hath not shut the doors Of the womb that was mine! And hide misery from mine eyes.
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10. Because H3588 it shut not up H3808 H5462 the doors H1817 of my mother's womb H990 , nor hid H5641 sorrow H5999 from mine eyes H4480 H5869 .
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11. Why from the womb do I not die? From the belly I have come forth and gasp!
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11. Why H4100 died H4191 I not H3808 from the womb H4480 H7358 ? why did I not give up the ghost H1478 when I came out H3318 of the belly H4480 H990 ?
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12. Wherefore have knees been before me? And what are breasts, that I suck?
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12. Why H4069 did the knees H1290 prevent H6923 me? or why H4100 the breasts H7699 that H3588 I should suck H3243 ?
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13. For now, I have lain down, and am quiet, I have slept -- then there is rest to me,
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13. For H3588 now H6258 should I have lain still H7901 and been quiet H8252 , I should have slept H3462 : then H227 had I been at rest H5117 ,
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14. With kings and counsellors of earth, These building wastes for themselves.
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14. With H5973 kings H4428 and counselors H3289 of the earth H776 , which built H1129 desolate places H2723 for themselves;
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15. Or with princes -- they have gold, They are filling their houses with silver.
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15. Or H176 with H5973 princes H8269 that had gold H2091 , who filled H4390 their houses H1004 with silver H3701 :
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16. (Or as a hidden abortion I am not, As infants -- they have not seen light.)
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16. Or H176 as a hidden H2934 untimely birth H5309 I had not H3808 been H1961 ; as infants H5768 which never H3808 saw H7200 light H216 .
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17. There the wicked have ceased troubling, And there rest do the wearied in power.
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17. There H8033 the wicked H7563 cease H2308 from troubling H7267 ; and there H8033 the weary H3019 H3581 be at rest H5117 .
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18. Together prisoners have been at ease, They have not heard the voice of an exactor,
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18. There the prisoners H615 rest H7599 together H3162 ; they hear H8085 not H3808 the voice H6963 of the oppressor H5065 .
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19. Small and great are there the same. And a servant is free from his lord.
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19. The small H6996 and great H1419 are there H8033 ; and the servant H5650 is free H2670 from his master H4480 H113 .
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20. Why giveth He to the miserable light, and life to the bitter soul?
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20. Wherefore H4100 is light H216 given H5414 to him that is in misery H6001 , and life H2416 unto the bitter H4751 in soul H5315 ;
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21. Who are waiting for death, and it is not, And they seek it above hid treasures.
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21. Which long H2442 for death H4194 , but it cometh not H369 ; and dig H2658 for it more than for hid treasures H4480 H4301 ;
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22. Who are glad -- unto joy, They rejoice when they find a grave.
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22. Which rejoice H8056 exceedingly H413 H1524 , and are glad H7797 , when H3588 they can find H4672 the grave H6913 ?
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23. To a man whose way hath been hidden, And whom God doth shut up?
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23. Why is light given to a man H1397 whose H834 way H1870 is hid H5641 , and whom H1157 God H433 hath hedged in H5526 ?
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24. For before my food, my sighing cometh, And poured out as waters are my roarings.
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24. For H3588 my sighing H585 cometh H935 before H6440 I eat H3899 , and my roarings H7581 are poured out H5413 like the waters H4325 .
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25. For a fear I feared and it meeteth me, And what I was afraid of doth come to me.
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25. For H3588 the thing which I greatly feared H6343 H6342 is come upon H857 me , and that which H834 I was afraid of H3025 is come H935 unto me.
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26. I was not safe -- nor was I quiet -- Nor was I at rest -- and trouble cometh!
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26. I was not H3808 in safety H7951 , neither H3808 had I rest H8252 , neither H3808 was I quiet H5117 ; yet trouble H7267 came H935 .
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