JOB | CHAPTER 3

JOB | CHAPTER 3
1     ¶ After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
2     And Job spake, and said,
3     Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
4     Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
5     Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
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.
7     Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
8     Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
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:
10     Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.
11     ¶ Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
12     Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
13     For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
14     With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;
15     Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
16     Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
17     There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
18     There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
19     The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
20     ¶ Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
21     Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
22     Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
23     Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
24     For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
25     For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
26     I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.

BIBLE TRACTS AND GOSPEL TRACTS | PRIOR CHAPTER | NEXT CHAPTER

The King James Version text is now in the public domain.
Thanks to Audio Scriptures International for their generosity
in so freely sharing these audio files with us.
A transcript of their official notice for the audio follows below:

"Thank you for listening to this recording of the King James Bible produced by Audio Scriptures International. Audio Scriptures International believes it is more important to spread the Word of God than to make a large profit. Please feel free to make copies of these recordings and distribute them freely so long as you adhere to the following guidelines:
First, you may not charge any more than the cost to duplicate and send them.
Secondly, you must make a complete copy of the recording, including this message.
For commercial and fund raising distribution, please contact Audio Scriptures International for additional information."