Job 2 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Job 3

¹After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed the day of his birth.

KJVAfter^H310 this opened^H6605^(H8804) Job^H347 his mouth^H6310, and cursed^H7043^(H8762) his day^H3117.

² Job answered:

KJVAnd Job^H347 spake^H6030^(H8799), and said^H559^(H8799),

³ “Let the day perish in which I was born, the night which said, ‘There is a boy conceived.’

KJVLet the day^H3117 perish^H6^(H8799) wherein I was born^H3205^(H8735), and the night^H3915 in which it was said^H559^(H8804), There is a man child^H1397 conceived^H2029^(H8795).

⁴ Let that day be darkness. Don’t let God from above seek for it, neither let the light shine on it.

KJVLet that day^H3117 be darkness^H2822; let not God^H433 regard^H1875^(H8799) it from above^H4605, neither let the light^H5105 shine^H3313^(H8686) upon it.

⁵ Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes the day black terrify it.

KJVLet darkness^H2822 and the shadow of death^H6757 stain^H1350^(H8799) it; let a cloud^H6053 dwell^H7931^(H8799) upon it; let the blackness^H3650 of the day^H3117 terrify^H1204^(H8762) it.

⁶ As for that night, let thick darkness seize on it. Let it not rejoice among the days of the year. Let it not come into the number of the months.

KJVAs for that night^H3915, let darkness^H652 seize^H3947^(H8799) upon it; let it not be joined^H2302^(H8799) unto the days^H3117 of the year^H8141, let it not come^H935^(H8799) into the number^H4557 of the months^H3391.

⁷ Behold, let that night be barren. Let no joyful voice come therein.

KJVLo, let that night^H3915 be solitary^H1565, let no joyful voice^H7445 come^H935^(H8799) therein.

⁸ Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.

KJVLet them curse^H5344^(H8799) it that curse^H779^(H8802) the day^H3117, who are ready^H6264 to raise up^H5782^(H8788) their mourning^H3882.

⁹ Let the stars of its twilight be dark. Let it look for light, but have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the morning,

KJVLet the stars^H3556 of the twilight^H5399 thereof be dark^H2821^(H8799); let it look^H6960^(H8762) for light^H216, but have none; neither let it see^H7200^(H8799) the dawning^H6079 of the day^H7837:

¹⁰ because it didn’t shut up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.

KJVBecause it shut not up^H5462^(H8804) the doors^H1817 of my mother's womb^H990, nor hid^H5641^(H8686) sorrow^H5999 from mine eyes^H5869.

¹¹ “Why didn’t I die from the womb? Why didn’t I give up the spirit when my mother bore me?

KJVWhy died^H4191^(H8799) I not from the womb^H7358? why did I not give up the ghost^H1478^(H8799) when I came out^H3318^(H8804) of the belly^H990?

¹² Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breast, that I should nurse?

KJVWhy did the knees^H1290 prevent^H6923^(H8765) me? or why the breasts^H7699 that I should suck^H3243^(H8799)?

¹³ For now I should have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept, then I would have been at rest,

KJVFor now should I have lain still^H7901^(H8804) and been quiet^H8252^(H8799), I should have slept^H3462^(H8804): then had I been at rest^H5117^(H8799),

¹⁴ with kings and counselors of the earth, who built up waste places for themselves;

KJVWith kings^H4428 and counsellors^H3289^(H8802) of the earth^H776, which built^H1129^(H8802) desolate places^H2723 for themselves;

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

KJVOr with princes^H8269 that had gold^H2091, who filled^H4390^(H8764) their houses^H1004 with silver^H3701:

¹⁶ or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, as infants who never saw light.

KJVOr as an hidden^H2934^(H8803) untimely birth^H5309 I had not been; as infants^H5768 which never saw^H7200^(H8804) light^H216.

¹⁷ There the wicked cease from troubling. There the weary are at rest.

KJVThere the wicked^H7563 cease^H2308^(H8804) from troubling^H7267; and there the weary^H3019^H3581 be at rest^H5117^(H8799).

¹⁸ There the prisoners are at ease together. They don’t hear the voice of the taskmaster.

KJVThere the prisoners^H615 rest^H7599^(H8768) together^H3162; they hear^H8085^(H8804) not the voice^H6963 of the oppressor^H5065^(H8802).

¹⁹ The small and the great are there. The servant is free from his master.

KJVThe small^H6996 and great^H1419 are there; and the servant^H5650 is free^H2670 from his master^H113.

²⁰ “Why is light given to him who is in misery, life to the bitter in soul,

KJVWherefore is light^H216 given^H5414^(H8799) to him that is in misery^H6001, and life^H2416 unto the bitter^H4751 in soul^H5315;

²¹ who long for death, but it doesn’t come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,

KJVWhich long^H2442^(H8764) for death^H4194, but it cometh not; and dig^H2658^(H8799) for it more than for hid treasures^H4301;

²² who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?

KJVWhich rejoice^H8056 exceedingly^H1524, and are glad^H7797^(H8799), when they can find^H4672^(H8799) the grave^H6913?

²³ Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?

KJVWhy is light given to a man^H1397 whose way^H1870 is hid^H5641^(H8738), and whom God^H433 hath hedged in^H5526^(H8686)?

²⁴ For my sighing comes before I eat. My groanings are poured out like water.

KJVFor my sighing^H585 cometh^H935^(H8799) before^H6440 I eat^H3899, and my roarings^H7581 are poured out^H5413^(H8799) like the waters^H4325.

²⁵ For the thing which I fear comes on me, that which I am afraid of comes to me.

KJVFor the thing which I greatly^H6343 feared^H6342^(H8804) is come^H857^(H8799) upon me, and that which I was afraid^H3025^(H8804) of is come^H935^(H8799) unto me.

²⁶ I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither do I have rest; but trouble comes.”

KJVI was not in safety^H7951^(H8804), neither had I rest^H8252^(H8804), neither was I quiet^H5117^(H8804); yet trouble^H7267 came^H935^(H8799).

WEB·Job 2

¹Again, on the day when God’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, Satan came also among them to present himself before Yahweh.

KJVAgain there was a day^H3117 when the sons^H1121 of God^H430 came^H935^(H8799) to present^H3320^(H8692) themselves before the LORD^H3068, and Satan^H7854 came^H935^(H8799) also among^H8432 them to present^H3320^(H8692) himself before the LORD^H3068.

² Yahweh said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “From going back and forth on the earth, and from walking up and down in it.”

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 said^H559^(H8799) unto Satan^H7854, From whence^H335 comest^H935^(H8799) thou? And Satan^H7854 answered^H6030^(H8799) the LORD^H3068, and said^H559^(H8799), From going to and fro^H7751^(H8800) in the earth^H776, and from walking up and down^H1980^(H8692) in it.

³ Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause.”

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 said^H559^(H8799) unto Satan^H7854, Hast thou^H7760^(H8804) considered^H3820 my servant^H5650 Job^H347, that there is none like him in the earth^H776, a perfect^H8535 and an upright^H3477 man^H376, one that feareth^H3373 God^H430, and escheweth^H5493^(H8802) evil^H7451? and still he holdeth fast^H2388^(H8688) his integrity^H8538, although thou movedst^H5496^(H8686) me against him, to destroy^H1104^(H8763) him without cause^H2600.

⁴ Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

KJVAnd Satan^H7854 answered^H6030^(H8799) the LORD^H3068, and said^H559^(H8799), Skin^H5785 for skin^H5785, yea, all that a man^H376 hath will he give^H5414^(H8799) for his life^H5315.

⁵ But stretch out your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face.”

KJVBut^H199 put forth^H7971^(H8798) thine hand^H3027 now, and touch^H5060^(H8798) his bone^H6106 and his flesh^H1320, and he will curse^H1288^(H8762) thee to thy face^H6440.

⁶ Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his life.”

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 said^H559^(H8799) unto Satan^H7854, Behold, he is in thine hand^H3027; but save^H8104^(H8798) his life^H5315.

⁷ So Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh, and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head.

KJVSo went^H3318 Satan^H7854 forth^H3318^(H8799) from the presence^H6440 of the LORD^H3068, and smote^H5221^(H8686) Job^H347 with sore^H7451 boils^H7822 from the sole^H3709 of his foot^H7272 unto his crown^H6936.

⁸ He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes.

KJVAnd he took^H3947^(H8799) him a potsherd^H2789 to scrape^H1623^(H8692) himself withal; and he sat down^H3427^(H8802) among^H8432 the ashes^H665.

⁹ Then his wife said to him, “Do you still maintain your integrity? Renounce God, and die.”

KJVThen said^H559^(H8799) his wife^H802 unto him, Dost thou still retain^H2388^(H8688) thine integrity^H8538? curse^H1288^(H8761) God^H430, and die^H4191^(H8798).

¹⁰ But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job didn’t sin with his lips.

KJVBut he said^H559^(H8799) unto her, Thou speakest^H1696^(H8762) as one^H259 of the foolish women^H5036 speaketh^H1696^(H8763). What^H1571? shall we receive^H6901^(H8762) good^H2896 at the hand of God^H430, and shall we not receive^H6901^(H8762) evil^H7451? In all this did not Job^H347 sin^H2398^(H8804) with his lips^H8193.

¹¹ Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.

KJVNow when Job's^H347 three^H7969 friends^H7453 heard^H8085^(H8799) of all this evil^H7451 that was come^H935^(H8802) upon him, they came^H935^(H8799) every one^H376 from his own place^H4725; Eliphaz^H464 the Temanite^H8489, and Bildad^H1085 the Shuhite^H7747, and Zophar^H6691 the Naamathite^H5284: for they had made an appointment^H3259^(H8735) together^H3162 to come^H935^(H8800) to mourn^H5110^(H8800) with him and to comfort^H5162^(H8763) him.

¹² When they lifted up their eyes from a distance, and didn’t recognize him, they raised their voices, and wept; and they each tore his robe, and sprinkled dust on their heads toward the sky.

KJVAnd when they lifted up^H5375^(H8799) their eyes^H5869 afar off^H7350, and knew^H5234^(H8689) him not, they lifted up^H5375^(H8799) their voice^H6963, and wept^H1058^(H8799); and they rent^H7167^(H8799) every one^H376 his mantle^H4598, and sprinkled^H2236^(H8799) dust^H6083 upon their heads^H7218 toward heaven^H8064.

¹³ So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.

KJVSo they sat down^H3427^(H8799) with him upon the ground^H776 seven^H7651 days^H3117 and seven^H7651 nights^H3915, and none spake^H1696^(H8802) a word^H1697 unto him: for they saw^H7200^(H8804) that his grief^H3511 was very^H3966 great^H1431^(H8804).

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