Job 3:8 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 3:8

6 As for that night, may darkness seize it;
May it not¹ rejoice among the days of the year,
May it not come into the number of the months.

7 Oh, may that night be barren!
May no joyful shout come into it!

8 May those curse it who curse the day,
Those ^awho are ready to arouse Leviathan.

9 May the stars of its morning be dark;
May it look for light, but have none,
And not see the¹ dawning of the day;

10 Because it did not shut up the doors of my mother’s womb,
Nor hide sorrow from my eyes.

11 “Why^a did I not die at birth?
Why did I not¹ perish when I came from the womb?

12 ^aWhy did the knees receive me?
Or why the breasts, that I should nurse?

13 For now I would have lain still and been quiet,
I would have been asleep;
Then I would have been at rest

14 With kings and counselors of the earth,
Who ^abuilt ruins for themselves,

15 Or with princes who had gold,
Who filled their houses with silver;

16 Or why was I not hidden ^alike a stillborn child,
Like infants who never saw light?

17 There the wicked cease from troubling,
And there the¹ weary are at ^arest.

18 There the prisoners¹ rest together;
^aThey do not hear the voice of the oppressor.

Verse Comparison: Job 3:8

American Standard Version
Let them curse it that curse the day, Who are ready to rouse up leviathan.

Amplified® Bible
Let those curse it who curse the day, who are skilled in rousing up Leviathan.

Contemporary English Version
Let those with magic powers place a curse on that day.

Darby English Version
Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to rouse Leviathan;

Good News Bible
Tell the sorcerers to curse that day, those who know how to control Leviathan.

King James Version
Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.

New American Standard Bible
"Let those curse it who curse the day, Who are prepared to rouse Leviathan.

New International Version
May those who curse days curse that day,
those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.

New King James Version
May those curse it who curse the day,
Those who are ready to arouse Leviathan.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Let those curse it who curse the day, Who had prepared to rouse Leviathan.

Revised Standard Version
Let those curse it who curse the day, who are skilled to rouse up Levi'athan.

Young's Literal Translation
Let the cursers of day mark it, Who are ready to wake up Leviathan.

New English Translation
Let those who curse the day¹ curse it² – those who are prepared to rouse³ Leviathan.⁴